cs 



1\ 



T) 



HTb 



1^0 ; 



N 



%.-•■■;•■•>' s. '■•■■■v\ -,>,'•■ ■■„>".. .,'''„'■"■ ~o*'.- .->;• —•„^'\ V ■■■•■ v^",-- 

^.^^,--''^ %'%■■<'. o^ ^. '-^rA^^/.,. %'-.,A.^^ %.%;:>-V ,„ %/-;^-V'. 

■ ;/ ..■.--,:-' •;.^^ ,. - . ;'\- - ■ ' ■ ;/•, ....% \»'^ , . - - ..%: ' - - ,/, - • • ,s \.^^ . - • ./'.:' ■ 

yp^:':'% /-:::-■ 'y yy::.r'X ,^ y::-^% yy--L^-.'% y's^i^-.^S 

'/ ^ ,0' -i^ ' •' I c- \ •■ '// --- ,0 ♦ ' c- \' ~' /, -' ,v * ' ' "/ c- \' s^ 

■-: -^^ ^r.V,. v- -^.-.xN^ ^ / U'- : ^- ^yy'-% yy ^.-Q^v- ^^ ■^5:sii,'-; ■■^•■n^ ; -^ i 

'^ - c^- " -. -■■■- ^ ^-^r^'-A ,^ " -, /■■■a\ ^ Kj, .'O'.- ^' " A .,' :a . ^ y, /^. 

.0- A". -. ^A^ .••^■'♦■''^. ' ..x" . ' '',-^. .-!> . " ^ '■ ' A -'i.. o",-"*.-^. >■^^ ."^ ••*■/>. 



■*>. '* ■"" ' 0' '^ ' ■'' a' S^ '^■> 'a" A 'o '. , ,A ^>' ^ 'i.'l^^'' .0' a; '-■"'" .^'x 

A .*• A^ ' ,-* - . . <■. -^ iiC" A-. ' aN' - . ■ 'f' 



V\ .V'--\o-.-,^— '/a •::-:%' -\o-;.-: -,%'■' ^.^^^---:v' -•;o-■A-'^%'•' 



^^-. 



. 



.A* 



V ^-/^ ■ - i J . • 



. \ r. 












VTT^ 



vV- '*, 



^^^^^>• 



•/. '.••• v';^" 



%.^ 



- • t f 









:^- 



,V^^' 'V 






- **. 



-■ n 



'.. 0^^ 






.\ 



"-*''.- cV 









vOO. 












.. •<-->■ 



xV ./•. 






\■^^^ ■'.^.' 






I i 






''■>. ^V-.if'.- <>' 



I 






<^'% :^: y^^ 



■■ry- ^'^ -{ 



y. aV'' 



■^"->«. 



--^-:>s 






.n' 



'^j- ""i .'*'<* .'^ 









' . ^, 





* 


^. .*^ 








^ 




/ 


'> *. 


t>^ 




'/^ ' • • 


^, . > 


^^^' 




^^ 




'^. 




^' ^^ > 


•i 

■J 


v^^'^ 


- 


T-1^. 




-■- 


.v^^' 




S.LL 


\ 






' -"v 


• 






'4- 



• {""• 






^■^ '^>. V 






,■<- 



'^^ 






'i. ^r> ■ v^ 



.- ^> ^ 









•'■...,^ 






•^-^■> 






^- ^ - ::.^ 






^^^ 












sr:>.- v^ 



aV^ -. 






( ; 












•^/. .0^ 






, \ . 



i I 






, ^... ,0^ 



/^■l 






^ '^, ..>^rT>.-.^ 



,*-^ ''H, \ 



( ■;'■ 



.0 C. 












''-' :(f 



"/V" v^ "^ '-'C' 



^y. ^ 



■':.. ,^ 









..' .>f-^'.K 






vN -r^. 






/ v- 



,0 s_ 



""?r-^"' ^.^^ 



■•f :• 



^ "<:/. V*' ; 



^ ..'{■ '>,. ' 



^ 



OCR 



Colonial Ancestors 



AM) I 111 I 



DESCENDANTS. 



1 MS LOkK . \1., (.l.M \L()(.I( \l,, l;|()(,K \l'l IK \ L. 



tciMPIIH) in 



iiiNin WHi 11 i-.M()Ri;, 

Anthill ot ilu- (iimkmIiii;ii .il (iiiulc In llu- Karl\ ScttliTN nt" America, ami other wnrks. 



I'RIN I I 11 IIV 

nil III Nc;KRK()kl)-ll()I.BR()()K ((I 

W.itcriinvn, N. ^' 

190:. 



FEB 2 3 191 i 



.^-^^ 






^'^<r 



l)IS(,()\lin \\ I) SI I I I 1 \l I \ I ()l \ 1 W M'I'IIIR 

I. \\l)s ( )K \ I W ^ ( )Rk. 



I'lilikf the- ^cttlciiuiit of tlu- \c\\ I'.nglaiul tolonics which began 
throiiuh rLliiiKnis pcTsccut ion, that ot New ^ ork ami other Miiiille 
States hegan through the c oiiinurcial enter}Mi^e ot nierihants ot the 
OKI World. 

Ileiuiruk llmlsoii,;m I'.nglishman, ^ailing in the eniplo\ ot Hol- 
la ml niert hants, started on his \ o\ atie ot iliseo\ er\ in the " 11 alt- Moon, " 

April 6, I 6o(), troin Ainsterilani, and 
came to amhor ui the"(i'reat Ki\er 
ot the Mountains,"' Stpteniher i i, 
I ()0(). lleasi ended the ruerastar 
asAlhan\,aml attei" tormalK taking 
possession <tt the whole domain 
whieh he hail iliscov ered m the name 
ot the States-( ieneral ot 1 lollaml, 
he sailed tor l',mj[laiul. 

I pon the annoumemeiit ot 
these diseo\eries at home, the enter- 
prising merehaiUs ot North Ilolland, 
umler w hose auspnes the\ IkuI been 
made, unitetl them^eK es into a eom- 
pan\ and reeei\ ed trom the States- 
( ieneral a special trading-license or charter, dated {)ctol>er i i, 
1614. This doeument, m which the name ot ''New Netherland" 




4 OUR COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS. 

first appears ofRciallv in the world's annals, invested the "United New 
Netherlands Companv" with the e\elusi\e right of ''visiting and trad- 
ing in the newlv diseovered lands King in America between New 
France and \irginia, the seacost whereof extends from the fortieth to 
the fortv-fifth degrees of latitude, for four voyages within the period 
of three \ears from the first of januarx next ensuing or sooner." 

The or<rani/ati()n of the companv was dela\ed h\ \arious causes 
for a period of two \ ears, when its articles ot internal regulations, the 
charter ha\ inti in the inter\al been somew hat modified, were tormallv 
appro\ed b\ the States-Cieneral June 21, 162^. 

W'arnetl b\ the e\ ident and growing jealousv of the iMiglish, the 
West Indian (^ompain ( b\ which name it was now known) lost no 
time, e\ en before their final organization, in securing in the vear 
1622 their title to New Netherland b\ taking formal possession, and 
bv makino- arransrements for the buildiiKj; of two new forts, one on 
the North River to be called ''l*\)rt Orange," and the other called 
''I*\)rt Nassau," in the South or Delaware Ri\er, near the present town 
of Cdoucester, N. ). And simultaneouslv with the final organization 
in |une, 162:^, the compain began the c(donization of New Nether- 
land, which was erected into a province and invested with the armo- 
rial bearings of a count. This was a shield bearing a beaver proper, 
surrounded bv a count's coronet, and inscribed bv the legend, 'sV/V/7- 
////'// /oi'i Be/in/.'" 

The management of its afiairs was entrusted to the Amsterdam 
Cdiambers, wiiich sent out the ship ''New Netherland" with a com- 
panv of thirtv families, mostlv Walloons, under the care of C.aptain 
Cornelius |acobson Mav, of Hoorn, who was appointed the first di- 
rector of the colonv. in 1625, two ships, with a stock of cattle, 
farming utensils, seeds and other necessaries, with fortv-five emigrants, 



OL'R fOLONIAl, ANCESTORS AM) THKIR DKSfKNDAN TS. S 

together with their families, arrivetl in the new e{)K)n\. \\ ilhani 
X'erhiilst sueceeded .\Ia\ in tlie direetorship, and in 1626 I'eter 
Minuet, as Director (ieneral or (i'o\ernor ot the Proxince, arri\eil 
with other settlers, and pnrehaseil the ishmd ot Manhattan troni the 
Imiiaiis h)r se\ent\ guilders ( about Siq. ), aiui a large tort was erecteil 
at its lower end ami naineil "lort \ instertlani."" 

( )n |une 7, i6 2(j, a "( .harter ot I'reedonis ami l'".\emptions" 
was adoiMeil, which was approvecl and eontirmeil In the States-( Ieneral. 
in tliis ehartei" the tompaiu, with the purpose ot encouraging inde- 
pendent colonists, ottered to such the absolute propert\ ot as much 
land as each could ^'properU improve." Am member who should 
plant a compaiu ot titl\ adult'- in an\ part ot New Netherland, except 
Manhattan Island, which the compaiu reserved to itselt, should be ac- 
knowledged as the "patroon," or teudal chiet ot vmh a coloiu or 
tcrritor\ with the high and low luri^dictioiis, the exclusue rights ot 
tishinti, huntimr and irriiuliim, etc., within his own domain; to whuh, 
also, he was to have a tull title ot inheritance, with right ot ilisposing 
ot it bv will at his death. 

Several parties availed themselves ot this opportunitv to accjuire 
patroonships, among these Rlommaert and (iocKn in the South River, 
\ an Rensselaer on the North River, I'auw at lloboken. Hacking: 
and I'avonia (now |ei"sev (.itv) and Staten Uland. In the summer 
ot i()T,2, the companv despatched commissaries to each settlement to 
post up their proclamation torbiddmg an\ person, whether patroon 
or vassal, to deal in sewan, peltries or mai/.e. 

Those who were sent to l-'ort Orange were Rastiaen [ansen Krol, 
C.ommissarv, and Dierck ( iornslisscn Du\ster, L nder C'.omniissarv. 



in rciii^R 1 AMii.^ 



1)1 i)rvsri.R,(i)rcHiER), or dutchkr axd allif.d 

I'AMILIl'.S. 



In all the carlv cluirch records of New ^ Ork State, this name is spelt 
in nearK e\ er\ instance with ''De"\ as De Duvster, De Du\scher, 
l)e Dautscher, etc., clearK indicating its l''rench origin. 

The tratlition is that the hiniiK went troni I'Vance to Holland 

ilurino; the earl\ part of the i 6th centurv. The following record is 

tound in -ia\re D'or tie Noblesse'" 4^1, +rh Register, a work on 

I'rench lleraKlr\, containing a histor\ of man\ ot the noble families 

ot I'rance: 

^'l{n i()-() (iilbert de Saincthorent tigvire dans tin acte comme 

tils de Robert de Saincthorent seigneur de l'\ive, et de damoiselle 
CJii.BKRr Dicnii'R, fille noble de |ean Duchier, seigneur de la Courcille." 
(in ibjf) (iilbert tie Saincthorent appeared as the son of Robert 
de Saincthorent, Lortl of l'\i\ (or Lord b\i\ ), and a noble damsel, 
daughter of |ean Duchier, i>ord of the Council.) 

Arms pk DichiI'R. D'azur d'une o"rue d'or 
tenant un \igilance d'argent, et un chief d'or, 
charge tie trois roses de gueules. 

(Arms of Duchier. Azure a crane or, hold- 
_, ing a stone (argent) in clav\- — a chief, charged 
^'^v^with three roses gules.) 

The crane holdino; the stone in its claws in- 
dicates \ iirdance, that is, should the crane incline 
to sleep, the stone drops from its claws, and the 
Xlurllirr^n;DutTljrn i,,,^\ instantly awakes. The motto, -Thorns 
encompass the roses," carries its own definition. 




OIR COLONIAL WCKSTORS AM) I MKIR DKSDKND AN IS. g 

Other I'rciuli works coiitain rctcrciucs to the Diichicr tamilx, 
which is the onK one that appear^ in am \\a\ to eorre>poiul with the 
l)e Duister or l)e l)ii\t^clier tainiK, the pronuiieiatioii «)t the latter 
eh)>^el\ reseinliHiig that ot Duehier. 

h'rom the Dietionaire lIistor\ ile hi Noblesse p. io~6 "I'ainille 
originam de Saintoiige stir lacpielle les reiiseigiieineiits tout iletant." 

I'roin I'opleineiir la I'rante lleraKiiipie vol. I, 2:,(}, "(ette hnii- 
ille a pour senl represeniaiit Diiihier lie |npille three terer dw ilepot 
lies etaloiis a Alleiuon." 

I he tuvt ineiiiioii ot the name ot l)u\ster or l)e l)ll\^ter in the 
New ^ ork reconls is that ot Dierek ( .ornellissen l)u\ster, I luler, or 
Assistant ( .oinniissar\ at I'ort ()ran<j;e. 

( ) ( 'allahan's llistor\ ot New NetherlamU contains the tollowimr: 

"April I S, I () >o. ( )ther w ealtliN ami inlhiential ilireetors ot the 
eoinpain hasteneil now to liecoine patroons also, ami earl\ in the 
tollowinjj; sprniL:;, liastian |an><en Krol, ( loininissar\ , aiul Dii.ReK ( '.or- 
\ i.i.Lssi'.N DiAsiKR, I luler { M)ininissar\ , at I'ort ( )ran<j;e, ha\ in<j[ learned 
that a tract ot lain! lalleil Sannahagog, King on the west side ot the 
North Ki\er, extending troin Keren Ulaiul, and in breadth two da\s' 
joiirneN was tor sale, purchased the same trom I'aep Sekenekomplas 
Nancout tanshal and Seckon^scii, the natne proprietors, tor killian 
\ an Kensselaer, a pearl merehani in Amsterdam, and one ot the direc- 
tors ot the \\ cM India (^ompain. 

"NearK se\ en \ears atterwarcis namcK, on the i ^th ot \[iril, 

16^7, an intervening district called Papsickinckas or Papsekenea, as 
the name is now pronouiued, King also on the ea^t hank ot the river 
and extending trom opposite Clastic Island south to the point oppo- 
site Smackx Island, and including the adjacent islands, and all the 
lands hack into the interior belonging to the Indian owner's, was 



10 Ol'R COLONIAL ANX'F.STORS AM) THKIR DESCENDANTS. 

purcliasctl 'tor certain quantirics ot dutlcls, axes, kni\es, and wampum' 
also for Mr. \'an Ransselaer, who thus became proprietor oi a tract 
ot count r\ t\\ent\-tour miles long and fortv-eight miles broad, con- 
taining as is estimated se\en luiiulred thousand acres of land, which 
now comprises the counties ot Alban\, Rensselaer, and part of the 
count\ ot ( Columbia. 

'^'1 he names ot the Director, Minuet, Bastian jansen Krol, Dikrck 
CoRXKiis/ l)^^srKR, Peter Hwelt, |an Lampo (sellout), Kxiiert Har- 
menssen, |an |anssen M\ndert/,are signed to the first ot these deeds, 
which is certitietl b\ Leonard ( iole. Assistant Secretary, in the absence 
ot |an \ an Remund, Secretarx. I'he other instrument is signed b\' 
Peter Minuet, Director, Peter H\\elt, |acob l'",lbert/en W^eissing, |an 
|ansen Prouwer, Snuon Dircksen Pos, Ra\iiner Harmen/, Samuel 
('.ole, Assistant Secretar\-, in the absence of the Secretar\-, with the 
seal of New Netherlaiuls in red wax. " C-opies ot all these deeds are 
in the Hook of Patent Office of the Secretar\ of State, G. G. 13, 14, 
I :;, if), j^, 24, 2:;, 26, and among the Rensselaerw\ ck Mss. See 
also liollaiui Doc. 1, 1 (S 1 , 1 (S_(.." 

No baptismal records of the Reformed Dutch Ghiirch ha\e been 
found earlier than i()N3, ami these are doubtless imperfect. Copies 
of these baptismal records tbH] to 1695 are published in Munsell's 
Annals of Albam, vol. Ill, in which the following Dc Duvster or De 
Duxtcher appear. 

)ohannes bap. Sep. 21, 1-01. 

Ghristena, daughter of Roelof de Duxtcher and lannilje l^risse, 
Sponsor, (dass Hrisse, Antji Hrisse, 170^. 

Gristoflel, son of Roelof de Duxster, Sponsors, Andries l^ressy, 
Hester W'endel. 



OUR COI.OMAI. ANCKSrORS AM) THKIR DESCENDANTS. n 

All the- hapriMnal records iiftcr rhc ah()\c arc touiul in the Kings- 
ton RetornKcl Dutch Church, that town being at the time a part of 
Allnnu Countv, and the same tlominic otliciating at both thurches. 
Ihe tollo\\inir names lune been copied from the Kingston baptismal 
rei orcjs and u;rouped together so as to show the children of each family. 

I Margaret, ilau. of" Dcrrit k de l)u\ster, bap. Sep. i t, 1700. 

II |ohannes, s,,ii, Dirk de l)u\ster, lannetjc Hont, Oct. 4, \-02. 

III 1 Unncus, son, Dirk lic Duitsther, lannetjc bout, Sep. ^ 1 "04.. 
|\ Lea, dau. Dire k de l)u\ster, lannitji bionl, Dec 1, I7^'(). 

\ l)a\id, son Dirk Duidser, |anne I'.roiuh, Sept. if), |-0(). 

Witnesses. Da\ iti ilc Duidser, \lanlji Weils. 
\ I ( ornelis, son, Dnk de l)u\ ster, J annitji I'.ront, June 1 ", 1 " 1 1 . 

Witness. (,orn. de l)u\sier, ( iornclia ile Du\ster. 
\ I I ( atrina, dau. Dirk dc Du\ tsiher, lannilji bont, I'cb. -, 1 " 1 +. 
\ I I I Rachel, dau. Dirk ilc l)u\scr, |annetien bont, \la\ 18,1717. 
I X \lana, dau Dirk ilc Du \ t st her, J an net jen bont, |ul\ 5, 1719. 
I Johannes, son ol'Roclordc l)u\sier, |annit]e bressic, Sejit. 21, 



701 



1! \Iar(j,anct, ilau. Roclot' dc Duidser, Jannilji bressy, May 7, 
1-10. Witnesses. David dc Duidser, Maria W els. 

Nbiruarct, dau. oi" Da\ id de Duxtscher, Leonard ile llogcs, April 

ts 

2;v I b();,. 

Ruhard, son of |an W els, C^ornclia dc Duvstcr, June N, 1694. 
|aii, son ot" |an W els, ( .ornclia dc Du\ster, Dec. 2<S, 1701. 
Samuel, son of |an W els, Cornelia de Duvstcr, March 12, 1704. 
|ohannes, son of' |aii Roelan, ( '.atharinc dc Duvstcr, April 1 :; , 1701. 
|,,cl, son of" |an Roelan, Catharine de l)u\ster, Jan. 7, 1703. 
Lucas, son of'Catrina dc Duyster, J- ather not named, J une 5, 1694. 



12 OTR (^OI.ONl \l> ANC-KS'l'ORS AND TllKlR DESCENDANTS. 

This last is prohahK the same Catharine wlio afterwards became 
the wite ot |an Koelan. 

Rachel, dan. of [ohannes dc Diivtser, Catrina Hogardvis, May 21, 
1727. Witnesses, ( ".ornelins and Raehel Hogardns. 

Lvdia, dan. of Johannes de l)n\ster, Catrina Hogardns, Dee. 1, 
17 2(S. ''I>p"d o\er the Ki\er" (Rhinebeek.) 

Dirk, son of Johannes de Dn\ster, (-atrina Hogardns, Mav t, i 730. 
Witnesses, David de Dn\ ster, Aaianiji X'riedenbnrg. ^'Hp'd in Rxnbeck." 

lannitji, (.Ian. of |ohannes de Duvster, Catrina Hogardns. 

jeremias, son of )ohannes de Dn\ster, Catrina Hogardns, Dec. 1, 

' 7-U- 

Catrina, dan of Johannes de Dn\ster, Catrina Hogardns, )nl\ 12, 

1741. 

'/ara, ehild ot Johannes de Dnyster, C-atrina Hogardns, Jan. 31, 
174S. 

[ohannes, son of [ohn Oosteroom, Magteltji de Dnvster, Aug. i ;;, 



i7o;v 



Cornelis, son of |acob \\'ester\ elt, Margaret de Dnvster, Sept. 20, 

'723- 

l"di/abeth, dan. of [aeob Westerxelt, |nne 16, 1726. 

Jacob, son of |aeob VVesterxelt, Margaret de Dnxster, |nne 19, 
1734. Hap. in Minisink. 

Catrina, tlan. of jacobus \'on Sternbergen, (jrietjin de Dnxster, 
Sept. 2(), 172^. 

|ennokin, son of )aeobns N'on Sternbergen, (Jrietjin de Dn\ster, 
No\ . 26, 1727. 

'/ara, ehild of |aeobns N'on Strenbergen, Crietji de Dnvster, Oct. 
1, I 72S. 

A ehild of |aeobns \'an Strenbergen, March 29, 17^0. 



OUR (.OI.ONIAI, ANCKSroRS AND IMKIR DKSCKNDANTS. 13 

Cornelius de DuyStCr is rlu- hrst ofrlu- name tnund on tlu- records 
ot Allnmy ami lister counties after that ot" Dirk ( '.ornelissen I)u\ster 
the C iommissarv. There is strong colhiteral evidence to support the 
theor\ that this secontl (Cornelius was the son of the ( '.oniniissarv 
ot I'ort ()range. 'Ihe Histor\ ot I'lster Countv contains the tol- 
h)\\ mg: 

"A root ot the nanie'v and siirnanies ot them that ha\ e taken the 
oatli ot allegiance in \e count\ ot I Utr In ordr ot his e\tel\ \e ^ro\- 
ernor \e tllr>^t ila\ ot September Anno (^t Domini 16.S9. 

"I here llolowing persons Did nott appeare, \ i/. 
C'ornelius \e Duitc her (and others named.) 

I Uter (.ount\ was tormed Noxendier i^t, 1 ()S ^. in its charter. 
It is said to (ontain the town^ ot Km^-^ton, ll\irle\ aiul Maihleiown, 
I <)\hall ami tlie \\\\ I'ait/ auii all \illan[es, neiiihliorliooiis and 
( hristian liai)itat lon^ on tlie we^t side ot tlie lludson Ki\er trom tlie 
Murderers (ireek near tlu- highlands to lheSaw\er's ('reek. Kings- 
ton was mcorporatcil In patent \la\ 1 <), idf)-, New I'.dt/ was 
granted in patent In ( i'o\ . \ndros, Sept. _'(), i()~~, Marliletowii was 
tormed U\ patent |une j(), i~u^, Ihe town ot iiurle\ lies ju^t 
weM (it the terntor\ ot kiiiLTston, south In Rosemlale ami \larhle- 
town and west In \l arhletow n and ()li\e. ()n |une ~, \()()], 
lluilex, then known a^ New \ illaije, was attacked In the liulians 
ami entireK huined. I he ma)ont\ ot the people were made 

captives. Tlie population being onl\ 1 "-f, lhirt\-se\en \ears atter- 
wards, proves that not v er\ rapiil progress had been made; that 
Rochester and Marbletown had mcreaseti taster than liurlev. The 
records ot the town have been lost. Ihe earliest dates back to 
1-20. 



,4 OL R COLONIAL ANCKSLORS AND THEIR DLSCENDANTS. 

Wirli few exceptions, the earliest churcli records ot Albany and 
Ulster counties are found at Kingston and the Kingston Reformed 
Dutch Church contains most of the data found ol the Dutcher or De 
1 )u\ ster tainiK . 

A n-iortgage dated March i o, 1692-3, from Cornelius de Diivster 
and Leonard, his wife, of Hurlev, to William lusher, conxeyed land 
lulontriuL^ to )an Caxitse (prohahK son of Adrian Ca\itse,one of the 
patentees of Hurle\ ) ami h\ him sold to Wm. de Ka Montague, for- 
mer husband of I.eonord de Duxster, in M onbackus, ( A. A. of Deeds, 
120). Johannes tie La \L)ntague was a Huguenot and was \'ice 
Director ami Deputx at l'\)rt Orange. William was his son ; Leo- 
nora, his wife, abo\e mentioned, was Leonora de Hooges, daughter 
of \nthonx, x\ ho died about 1656, and her mother took her family 
with her at tlie I'.sopus and married Roelof Swartwout in 1657. 
(This Swartwout x\as also one of the patentees of Hurlex ). Leonora 
hat! sexen chihlren bx de La Montague, the hrst born julv 2, 1674, 
the last |ulx jS, i(),S.S. 

MirrrARX rkcord. 

Report of State Historian of New \ ork, page 441, shoxxs that 
'H)a\itl de Duxster ami Roelof de Duvster were members in July, 
1711, of Capt. Wessil ten Lroeck's Company of Ulster Countx. 

^58, (iorncHus de Duxster, member of Capt. |ohannes XA'tnooy's 
("ompanx, enlisted 1715. 

Dirk de Duxster xxas a member of |ohannes Shipman's Com- 
panx ot mihtia ot the toxxn of Hurlex, 1 7 1 ^ 

41:;, Dirk de Duxster xxas in the roll of men of Major Peter 
Schuxler's (".ompanx 1692, detached out of the counties of \\cst- 
chester, Richmond, Kings, ()ueens, Suffolk and Ulster. 



OIR COLONIAL ANCKSF'ORS AND IIIKIR DKSfKNDAN LS. 15 

52^, Kctcrciuc is made to the I lulcpcndcnt C.ompaiu ot the 
M.mor ot Li\ inii-ston, as the\ were " mustered at \e manor house on 
ilie J^oth da\ ot November, 1715."' 

W'ilham White, Serjeant, 
(iahriel l^riissic. 
Law rem e K niekerhoeker. 
Roeh)t de I )ii\ ^ter. 
(ieorge \\ hite. 

This ( '.oRMiirs DK Di'ssii.R was, no ilouht, a resilient of llnrle\, 
in I'Kter lonntx, ami the tather ot Dirk, or Derrick, Roelot, I)a\it], 
(Cornelius ( ^ ), am] other children. lie was e\identl\ named alter 
( iornehiis, his tather, ami m naming his eltlest ehilil Dirk, atter his 
lathei", also was the usual custom ot perpetuating the name ot the 
anctMor. It \vas also custom amomj the Dutch when a chihl was 
named atter the <i;ramltat her, tor the grandparents to appear as wit- 
nesses or sponsors. \t the haptism ot ('.orneluis, sixth chdd ot Dirk 
tie DiiNster, the witnessi^s were " ( .orn ile l)u\stcr and ('.ornila de 
DuNster." I hese were, no doubt, parents ot the tollowniu;, whose 
record ot marriage is show 11 in the Kingston (hurch Records: 

"No\. I (), i {>()(), Dernt k ile Du\ster, ]en, horn and resules m 
ll(iile\ (llurle\ ), anti )anmt)i Hont, ]a, born in sKingtde (Schenec- 
tad\ ) and resides in llorlex (llurle\). 

Ranns publislui,] but dates not given. 

N'o\. |-, |- , Roelot de l)u\ster, jen, born m Moomelt ( Mar- 
bletown), an.l |annit]i Hressie, ja, born ni Albanien (Albaiu) ami 
both resiile ni kiimston." 

l^anns published but dates not given. 



i6 OIR COI.OMAI. ANC'F.SroRS AM) IHKIR DESCENDANTS. 

'^ I'ch. I (}, 171-I-, l)a\id dc Du\ seller, jcn, born in the ' l^sopus or 
Kingston." Hanns registered 2nd |une. 

''|une _>-)., 1726. [ohannes de l)u\ster, jen, born in Horley 
(Hurle\) and Catrina Rogardns born in Kingston an both of their 
Hanns registeretl ^th June." 

The names of those who appear to ha\ e been brothers and sisters 
of the aboxe anil others ehildren ot each are found in the Kingston 
Keeortis. Deseenchmts of Dirk de l)u\ster are found in Dutehess 
anti adjoining counties. 

l)a\id, R()eh)f"and Direk de I)u\ster settled within a short dis- 
tance of each other in Dutchess Countx. Koelof settled in what is 
now l)o\er Plains and Dirck or Derrick at what is now Wing Station 
in South Do\ er. All this was then comprised in the Li\ingston 
Manor a part of which bordered on the State of Connecticut. Daxid 
settled on the Rombout Patent at what was one time known as 
l''reedom, now La (irange, about ten miles distant from Dover 
Plains. It will thus be seen that three of the supposed brothers set- 
tled withm a short distance of each other. 

(W)rneluis tie Duxtcher (3) settled in Minisink, Orange County, 
as appears b\ the (".alenifar of Nexx ^ ork Historical Manuscripts, xol. 
II, }). 447. 

"Nox. (.), I 7 I (). Petition of Nicklas Westfall, Johannes West- 
tall, leunis (^uick, ( ^orm'I.ii's ni-, Dlastkr, Simon Westfall, Rxnienx' 
(^uitk of the ('.ountx of ()range, setting forth that Thomas Heonar- 
dus, |acob and Roelot Sxx artxx orst and others to the number of ^6 
persons trespasseil on their laiuls King at Waxhackmeek on the little 
Mmnesiim Creek in saiil countx." 



OIR tni.ONIAL ANCf:STf)RS AND I'HKIR DKSCENDANTS. 17 

r-INE OF ROKLOF Dt DUYSTKR, SUPPOSED SON OF CORNELIUS, SON OF 

DIKRCK CORNF.rJUS Dl'YSTRR. 

ROClOf dC DUyStCr, Mipposcd son ot Ca)rncliiis (who was probably 
son ot l)icr(k (.ornchus) was born m Morinclt (Marblcton) near 
kln(i;>^t()n, \.^., about 1670. lie married ar kiiiirston (banns pub- 
HsIkiI No\. 17, 1700) [annctji Brcssic, born in Alban\, but at that 
tiuK- residing in Kinn;ston. In |ulv, 1711, be was a member ot an 
lister (iount\ regiment, commanded b\ C'.apt. W csscls Ten Hroeck. 
()n N()\. ^o, i~i ^, be was a private in the "Independent C-om- 
panies ot the Manor ot l,i\inii;ston as mustered at \e manor house." 
Atter leaving Ulster ('.()unt\- he resided at Dox er Plains, which was 
then a pari ot the Livingston Manor. 

In the lli^torx' ot Dutehess Count\-, page 60, is shown a list of 
the inhabitants and shi\ e^ m the countx' ot Dutchess in 1714: 

Roclol l)utcher, 1 lis tamilv consisted ot 1 male between 16 
and 60 \ears ot age. 

3 males under 16. 

2 temale^ between 16 and 60. 

I female uiuler 1 6. 

I sla\e. 

'I'he Historx ot LitthtncKl CM)untv, Conn., states that "Three 
Dutch tamilies trom the Livingston Manor in the province of New 
^ Ork, commeiued the settlement ot VVeatogue (the Indian name tor 
Salisbur\ ). Iheir lands were purchased ot William (Jaylord and 
Stephen Noble ot New Miltord bv deeds datetl Aug. 29, 1720. I'he 
names ot Roelot and wite appear as late as fulv 26, 1722, upon the 
records of the Dutch Church at Kingston as witnesses at the baptism 



,8 OIR rol.oNIAI. ANCF.SrORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 

of Janniiicn, daughter (.rjoMia (|.)shua) Wcvt (White) and Chris- 
rnui l)u\>icr, his\vitc. "I'his Joshua White was a son of Sergeant 
William White. 

The Dutchers settled upon land still further north and extend- 
ing to the State line in the town of Salisbury on the Housatonic 
Ku er. While the last representatix e of the family has departed from 
this loeality, 

THK OI.D DUTCH RR BRIDGE 

which spans the Hcnisatonic River from Salisbury to Canaan still re- 
mains as an ancient landmark to mark the locality. 




THE Oea DUTC^E^BVDGt OfilHE HOUS^TO^^c KV^iH.WCTto I'^bo 

istorv of Litchfield Countv, ( -onnecticut, states that "The 
hrst brulge erected acro^^ the Housatonic Ri\er was the Falls Bridge, 



he 



Ol'R fOI.ONIAI, ANC'KSTORS AND THKIR OKSCHNDAN rs. 19 

tor iiiaiu' \cars know 11 as Harral's i^ridgc. This bridge was built 
about I "44. Dnttlur'^ Hricigc \v as erected in 1 760. 

" l're\ioiis to the act ot incorporation, sa\s judge Church, 
"there were no public roads here, \et there were some well dehned 
paths. The most prominent among these was the one leading from 
Dutchers in VVeatogue. 

''The tirst recordeil sur\e\' ot a high\\a\ was maile No\. 6, 1 7++, 
trom (iabriel Dutcher's in the northeast section ot the town to 
lieiijainin White's; another the same \ear trom Cornelius Knicker- 
bocker's at the I'urnace to Samuel Hillows's at the eastern toot ot 
Smith's Hill." 

A writer in the History ot Litchtneld Count\, referring to this 
locality, savs: "In investigating •>oine titles some \ears ago ot huul 
in W etauge, I touiul tlie proinment description ot one corner ot a 
tract to ( '.hristopher's taiioe place. I inter therefore that this was a 
well-known crossing, ami near the present resitlence of Rulotr 
Dutiher in (lanaan, whose ancestor was Cdiristopher Dutcher." 

The tollowing is a copy ot the ileed ot land. 

'* New Miltord, August 29, 1720, Roulet Dutcher, deed. 

"Know all men b\ these presents that we William (Jaylord and 
Stephen Noble both ot New Miltord in the Count\- ot \ewha\en 
ami (oloiu ot ( .ounce ticut In New I'.ngland tor and in considera- 
tion ot torty-two pounds current money ot New-\ork v\hich is to 
our full satisfaction and contentments ha\e Giyen CJranted Bargained 
and sold ami In these presents do fully freely firmh and absolutely 
Grant Bargain and sell unto Roeluf' Dutcher ot weatauck in the 
colony of' Connecticut his heirs and assigns a certain parcell ot land 
lying at that place called weatack within the bound ot Connecticut 



20 OUR COI.ONIAI. ANfKSrORS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS, 

colonv hv csnmatu.n one huiuircci and hftv acres butted and bound- 
ed as tnllouclh southerlv and easterly upon the great River the 
sourhuest corner a bhuk oacke spire the Inie from this spire running 
east to the ege of a swamp and from thence soutli to the turn ot the 
river; north and west upon undivided hmd together with all the 
privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to have and to 
hold to him the said Roulef i:>utcher his heirs and assigns for ever as 
a free Indefezable estate of inheritance for ever; and further we the 
sd William Gavlord and Stephen Noble for ourselves our heirs and 
assigns do covenant and promise to alinate the same and that he and 
thev shall quietlv and peaceably have hold and Injoy all the above 
bargained premises without let or molestation from us our heirs or 
assigns afHrming ourselves to be the true and lawful owners ot the 
ab()\e bargained premises and lawfully seized of the same and that 
he and they shall quitly and peaceably Injoy the same without let 
or molestation from us or our heirs in witnes whereof we have set 
it to our hand and seall this twenty ninth of august 1720. 
Signed sealled in presence of 

Sam" Hrownson William Gavlord Seal 

Abram X^andusa Stephen Noble Seal 

his X mark 

Neu' Milford, August 29, 1720. 

then personally appeared William (laylord and Stephen Noble 
both of New Milford and acknowledged the within written instru- 
ment to be their f'ee and xoluntarv act and deed. 

Before me Sam" Brow nson justice. 



OUR C'OI.ONIAI, ANCKSI'ORS ANIJ I HKIR DESCENDANTS. ii 

vStatc of Connecticut, I i i • v v- nii- 

,, 1- I ■ 1 ,- 1 1 "-s. 1 own (.krk s Otricc, New Miltonl. 

( .onntx or I jrchlKui, ) 

I he foregoing is a true copN troni \ Ol. 2, pages 176, 17- ot the 
I, anil Reeonls, ui this otliee. 

Seal. (Signed) Russel H. Nohle, lOw 11 Clerk. 

The hrst tow 11 meeting coiuenecl in i"^'), at "\lr. Christopher 
Duteher's tlwelling house on \e 1 ()th ila\ ot this Instant, Deseinher 
at 12 ot the clock on said da\."" In the deseriptions in a nuniher 
ot earl\ deeiK appear the following: " Duteher's path in W'eatogue ;"" 
and "Christopher Duteher's canoe place." The grand-list in 1742 
ot the tavalde propert\ contains the following entries: 

I lenr\ Dutt her -f^'^'' O"^ 



( Christopher 


1) 


Utl 


her 


9 




5 


Kuliitl" 








60 




' + 


ohu 








74 




18 


(iabriel 








7 + 







( '.ornelius 








+ 




6 


\\ ulow 








+ 2 




I 


The w It hm 


is 


a true 


list as 


it 


w as gi\ en to us. 














Rulutr Dutcher. 



Assessors for \e \ear 1 7 + 2. 
RoKi,oi-K DK Dl'vsikr, the ancestor of this hranch of the farnilv, 
was horn jirohahlv ahout 16-0, died |anuar\ 1 c), i",^"- The widow, 
Jannetje Dutcher, dieil |ul\ 26, 1 "-(-(). Nc was an industrious and 
thrif'tv fanner, anil left a taniilv which pro\ ed a credit to hnn and to 
the tow II of w hich he w as the chief founder, as show 11 1>\ the records. 



22 OLR COLONIAL ANCLSTORS AM) THEIR DESCENDANTS. 

He married faiinitii Ikessie of Albany Countv, N. Y., whose ancestor 
was no doubt among the earlv French Refugees who fled from 
I'' ranee to HoHand durino; the htteenth or sixteenth centuries. 
rhe\' liad issue: 

I. Johannes, bap. Sept. 21, 1701, at Kingston, died young. 

II. (-hristina, bap. Aug. 8, 1703, at Albany; married Joshua 
Wevt (White) and had lennitjen, bap. July i, 1722, at Kingston. 

II. (^hristophel, bap. )ulv 15, 1705, at Albany. 
I\'. 'Johannes^ bap. (an. 25, 1708, at Albany. 
\\ Margaret, bap. May 7, 1710, at Kingston. 
VI. (iornelius, born about 1712. 
\'I1. Rulufl, born about 1716. 
VIU Giihriel^ born (id\' 15, 1720. 

llSTATK OF RuLOOF DuTCHERS. 

Att a C-ourt of IVobate held in Woodbury, June gth, 1737, Mr. 
Cvhristopher l)u tellers of Weataug come and appeared in Court and 
I'Ahibited ye Last Will or 'I'estament of Mr. Ruloof Dutchers late 
of Weataug (who deceased about \'e 19th of |anuar\' last past) in 
order to its approbation; wc matter was weighed b\ ye Court and 
sd Will was allowed and approyed and ordered to be Recorded and 
is as followeth : 

And whereas the Testator in said Testament appointed his be- 
lo\ed wife (onyche and his eldest son Christopher lv\ecutri\ and 
I'Aecutor of sti 'Testament, on ye date abo\ e sd Christopher l^utchers 
before \ e C'ourt declared his acceptance of sd care and himself bound 
to Joseph Minor, l{sc|r. judge of \e Probate in Woodburx Sv his I^aw- 
ful successors in a Recogni/ance of h\e Hundred pounds Current 
mone\ of New I'.ngland that he w ill be faithful unto \e abo\e Trust. 

Attest 

AN■^H()^^ SionDARo, (derk. 



OLR COLONIAL ANrKS'IORS AND IHKIR 13ESCENDANI'S. 



23 



THF. W ILL. 

In the Xiunc ot CJod, \iikii, the Seventeenth da\" ot |anuar\- A. 
1). 1-^6-7, I Rnloot Diitcliers ot W eataiig in (".onneetieut. Hus- 
bandman, heinir intinn S: weak in hoiix hut ot perfect mind ^ mem- 
()r\, 1 hanks he given to doil; Iheretore ealhng to mind the 
MortalhtN ot m\ hodv ami kno\\int>; that the (ira\e is the house ap- 
pointed tor all I ,i\ ing;, ami \t h\' \e Statute ot Heaven it is appointed 
tor all men oiue to liie. Do make and ordain this m\ last \\ ill and 
i'cstament, thai is to sa\ , prineipalK and iirst ot all, 1 (ji\e and 
Rerommeiul m\ Soul into the hands ot (iod that u;a\ e it, ami mv 
H()il\ 1 Keeommeiul to the I'.arth to he hurled in detent (diristian 
burial!, at \e ilisc retion ot m\ lAeeutors, Nothing doubting but at the 
general Resurrection I shall reeeix e the same again b\ \e mightv 
power ot (ioii; and as tomhing such worldK I'.state wherewith it 
hath pleaded ( nui to ble^s me m this lite, I gi\ e, demise, and dispose 
ot \e ^ame in the tollowing manner: 

Imprimis. I (d\e and J-Jecpieath to )on\c'he m\ dearK beloxcd 
wite the whole of m\ estate, real and personal, during her lite, l"",\- 
eentimr a netrro iiirl whose name is Sarah, whieh <i;irl I u:i\e to 
( latreene nu 1 )aughter. 

hem. I u;i\e to m\ well beloved son Christopher, twelve 
siiillmgs. 

Item. 1 iri\ c to ('.risteene, mv well beloved Dauiihter, One 
Hundred I'ounds in Moiiev to be paid out ot mv I'.state in tour 
vears atter the death ot me and mv wite. 

Item. I liiv e to mv well beloved son, d'abriel, mv Mansion 
House and Barn Sc Orchard and the whole of mv house lot, he pav- 
ing thiriv pounds to his brothers and sisters, or to mv estate, within 
SIX \ears atter mv decease. 



24 OIR C()L()NIAI. ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 

Item. 1 gi\c to mv well beloved Sons and Daughters, (viz.) 
Christopher, johannis, Cornelius, Ruloof, Gabriel, & Margeret & 
Catreene, the whole of my Kstate, Real and personal, (excepting 
what 1 have given to mv sons Christopher and CJabriel and daughters 
Christeene) to be di\ ided to them in l^qual proportions after the 
decease ot me and my Wife. 

Moreover 1 dive mv Wearing Cloaths, and all my Instruments 
for ve carrving on of Husbandry to my sons to be divided equally 
among them, and my Wive's Wearing Cdoaths together with my beds 
and bedding to mv two daughters Margerett Sc C-atreene to be equall 
divided between them, and as to my household stuif, or the furniture 
of my house, it is to be equally divided among them, Christeene ex- 
cepted, and Ciabriel shall have my best handirons; and mv stock, 
Horses and Cattle, etc.. It shall be divided equallv among my 
children, Christeene excepted. 

And I give my children my Estate in manner & form aforesd 
with this Limitation, or upon this Condition, that if an\' one or more 
of them be reduced to povertv and be obliged to sell their part or 
parts, that the rest of my children shall ha\ e it, if the\ will gi\'e as 
much as a Stranger. And if mv Kstate be in debt, then I Will and 
appoint that ye debts be paid out of mv whole l^'>state, each Child 
to pay an ecpial part, Cristeene excepted, v\ho is to pa\' nothing. 

Moreover, 1 give mv Negros, Men, Women, and (Children (ex- 
cepting Sarah wc 1 ga\e to Catreene) to mv children, to be (.li\ided 
epually among them, Christeen excepted. And 1 do make, constitute 
& ordain m\ well belo\ed Wife & m\- Son Christopher Kxecutors of 
this m\ last will and Testament; and 1 do hereb\ utterK Disallow 
Revoke and Disannul all and e\ cry other former Testaments, Wills, 
Legacies, & Bequests and Lxecutors b\ me in an\ \\a\ before named. 



Ol'R COI.ONIAI. ANCKSrORS AND IHKIR DKSCENDANTS. 25 

Willed Sc iK-tjucathcd, Rarit\iiiu; aiui Conhrniino; this and no other 

to be mv last Will Sc lestanient. 

In Witness whereof I ha\ e hereunto set nu hand ami Seal, the 

da\' and \ear above \v ritten. 

Ruloot Dntchers. (i,.s.) 

X 
his mark 

Signet!, Sealed, Pid")lished, pronouneed ^ deelareil b\ the sd 
Kuloot Hutehers as his last W ill ami Testament in presenee of us \e 

subscribers. 

his 
lacob ir Plough 
mark 
his 
(.()dtre\ \ 1) \ aiularser 

mark 
|onathan 1 1 vd^tbaril. 

Oitbr. J+th, 17.^7, \<-' I'xeeutor ot' \e abo\e Will, \ i/. Cdiristo- 
pher Dutihers (.ame and took \e Will antl \e business out ot this 
Otlue, his ('.ounsel leatling him so to ilo, apprehending it not well 
consisting with Law to settle ve i'.state in anil b\ this Probate. 

DisiRK r oi- W'ooniu Kv, I 

PROHATK CoLKr, | ^^' December 12, 1901. 

I, jamcs lluntington, judge of said Probate Court, hereb\- cer- 
tiK that the toreiioiuii is a true Copv of the Record ot saitl Court 
as appears from \ Ol. 2 ot its Recortis, pages 6<S ami 69 thereot. 

In \vitness w hereot I have hereunto set m\ IkuuI and the Seal 
ot said Court, the da\ and \ear above written. 

(L.s.) I AS. llLNriNGToN, |udge. 



26 OUR COI.OXIAL ANCESTORS AM) THHIR DESCENDANTS. 

The town records of Salisbur\, liber 4., page 367, contains the 
following details of a di\ ision of the Dutcher property among the 
brothers: 

Whereas we, ('hristopher of Canaan in the county ot Hartford, 
C'.olon\ of Connecticut, New I'.ngland, and Johannes Duteher, Cor- 
nelius Duteher, Rulufi' Duteher and Ciabriel Duteher, all of Salis- 
bur\ in the ('.ount\ of New Ha\en and Coloin aforesaid, ha\ e all 
of us a share in the lantl Kino; in Salisbur\, formerK' known h\ the 
name of \\ eatauo;e, which our Honored f^'ather Rulufi Duteher Late 
of said W eatauo;e. Deceased Left to us his children to be Di\ ided 
MqualK amongst us Ivxcepting the orchard and the Home Lott 
which [lietc is bounded North on a fence between orchard and the 
plow land, south on a fence, that is about eight rods southward of the 
House that our said l''ather Dwelt in luist on a Cu)\ e and \yest on a 
swamp whieh piece b\ a Legac\ in our said heather's Last Will and 
Testament, bearing Date |anuar\ the se\enteenth A. D. 17:^6, was 
gi\en to (iabnel, as b\ sd will ma\ appear therefor to the cud that a 
perpetual portion and Dixision be had and made between us the 
Parties and each one of us should ha\ e our respectix e parts and prt)- 
poriions of all the abo\e mentioned Lands ( Ivxcepting some swamps 
on the old l'~arm orchard without draining are useless and therefore 
for the present held in common amongst us ) according to ()uantit\ 
and (^ualit\ set forth to each one in Particular. [Here follows a 
description of the se\eral plots or farms among the children, which 
co\ ers six closely written [niges, making probably three thousand 
words or more. I 

N. R. Whereas the foregoing Instrument was Drawn at the 
time of the Date thereof and not executed and the abo\ e named 
C^hristopher deceased, we Hertv Duteher, wife of Deceased C-hris- 



IKT 




licrr\ X Dutchcr 


( ) 


mark 




Riilutr Dutchcr 


( ) 


his 




ohn Dutchcr X 


( ) 


mark 




his 





OUR COLONIAL ANCKSLORS AND IIIKIR DKSCKNDAN'IS. 27 

tophcr Dutthcr, and Rulot]" Dutchcr, son of said ( diristophcr Dutch- 
cr, both ot" Canaan in I.itchlicKl Countv as heirs of the saitl (diris- 
tophcr Dutchcr Deceased, with the Rc-t of the Subscribers ha\c 
mutuallv agreed to execute the abo\e Instrument in SaHsburx , J ulv 
the 2+th A. D. I - v^- 

I n pre^ence ot 

.\ndre\s Ste\ ens 
|ohn 1 I utchinson 

Salisbur\ in Litchfield (".ount\ |ul\ 
24, I- ^S, then Mrs. llcrt\ Dutchcr and 
Kubitl" Dutclier ol (Canaan and |()hn 
Dutchcr and (iabricl Dutchcr, all sign- Ciornclius X I'utcher ( ) 
ers and scalers ot the abox c I nstrument, niark 

personalU appeared \u said Salisbur\, Ruluti Dutchcr ( ) 

and acknowledged the same to be their (.abncl Dutchcr ( ) 

Act and di.L\\ bctorc me, |<'lin lliitch- 
iilson, I ust ice ot \ c I'cac c. 

LINK OK |OU\NNKS DL ICUKR, KoLRIH CHILD OK ROLOKK AND 

jANNK Tl K HRKSSIK. 

lObannCS Dutchcr, fourth child of Ruloct", was bapt. at \lbanv, 

)an. _':;, i-oS; married Christian , born i-|-; the\ resided 

at Salisbury, Connecticut. Ipon the records there his name is written 
)()hn. '> Christian, \Mfc of" |ohn Dutchcr, departed this lite Mav 1, 
I-;; 111 the :c)th vear of" her age.'. His will is dated |unc 11, 
I---. lie de\ises to his sons |c)hn and (iabricl each the farm upon 
which each was luing, besides becjucsts of' personalty; to his daugh- 
ters |anc, Hannah and Christian he becjucaths certain sums ot money 
and other propcrt\, and makes them residuary legatees; to Gabriel 



28 OTR COLONIAL AN'CKSTORS AND THKIR DKSCKNDAN TS. 

he gives about tniirrccn acres of land 'M\hich lie in Shetfield, which I 
purchased ot Noble Westerheld ;" (iabriel is named as executor; 
John Landon, Tappan Heebe, and Rulutl White were the witnesses. 
The births of all their children are recorded upon the Salisburv town 
reconls. ( children : 

I. RuluH, born Sept. 15, 1741. In April, 1760, a Rulufl 
Duteher, born in C-onnecticut, was in Duchess Co., Nev\' \ ork, and 
enlistctl in (lapt. \'an N'echten's C^o. 

II. |ane, born I'eb. 19, i7_|.3; married Sardam. 

III. |ohn, born )une 2, 17 + 5; niarried [an., 1770, Lois Wash- 
burn, and the\ had ehihiren: 

1. Patience, born in Oblong, Dec. 22^ ^17°' 

2. )ohn, born in Salisburv, Apr. (S, 1773. 

3. Phebe, born in Salisburv, Oct. (S, 1774. 

4. Ivvdia, born in Salisburv, Apr. 16, 1777. 

IV. Gabriel, born |une 16, 1747. 

\. Hannah, born March 2^, 1749; married Mar. 1, 1771. 
Iv/ekiel {''uller. 

\l. Cornelius, born March 20, 1753; died Mar. 22, 1754. 
\'ll. Christian, born Mar. 1,^755; married Beebe. 

Gabriel DUtCbCr, h.urth child of Johannes Duteher ( Ruluff ( 3 ) 
was born June 1 (), 1747; marrietl Christine White. Tradition savs 
her surname was White. She was born in 1750, and died |une 2^, 
I (S I 8. He dictl Oct. 22, 1S20. I'ollowing is a copx of his will: 

'' In the name ot ( iod amen : 

''l,(iabriel Duteher, of Salisburv in the Countx of Litchfield 
and State ot Connectieut, being in health of bod\ and of sound 
mind and memorv, eallino; to mind m\ own mortalit\ and knowincr 



OCR C-nLONIAI, ANfKSrORS AM) IHKIR DKSflADAN FS. 29 

that it is appointed unto all mt^u oiuc to ciic, ilo make and ordain 
this in\ last will and testament in manner and form following;, prin- 
eipalK ami tirst of all I reeommeiid m\ soul to Ciod who ga\ e it me, 
trustinu; in the merits of his Son for His graeious aeeeptaiue, and m\ 
hod\ I gi\e to the earth from whence it was taken to he buried in a 
deeent and ehristian manner, nothing doubting but 1 shall reeei\ e 
the same again b\ the might\ power (iod at the general resurreetion 
a hope of eternal life, and with what worldK goods it hath pleased 
Ciod to bless me with m this life I gi\ e and dispose of in the follow- 
ing manner (\i/.): \\\ debts and funeral eharges being first paid and 
dischargecl, 

hupri/nis 1 give and becjueath to m\ graiulson Ilarr\ Duteher, 
son of Lowranee Duteher, deceaseii, to the said Harr\ Duteher and 
to the heirs of his botf\ one thousaiui dollars in laiul to be set ofl 
where it will be the least mjurx to the other heirs, also two hundred 
dolhirs 111 m<)ne\, but if the said Ilarr\ shouKI deeease without nat- 
ural heir or heirs then the aforesaid legaex of land and mone\' to be 
ecjualK- dixiileii between m\ two daughters Sarah Diekson and Cath- 
erine Deming, but provided m\ daughter Sarah Diekson shovdd die 
without issue the said legaev to be gi\en to the heirs of Catherine 
Deming, the said (Catherine is to ha\ e the use ami impro\ement 
thereof should the said Sarah decease aforesaid during her natural life. 

Item. I gi\e and becjueath to m\ three sisters, \iz: |ane Sardam, 
Hannah I'uller and Christian Keebe to them and their heirs V\\x.\ 
dollars to each of the said sisters makum one hundreci anci fifr\' dol- 
lars in the whole. 

Item. I gi\e and becjueath to m\ daughter Sarah Dickson and 
to her heirs the one ecjual half of all m\ personal and real estate I 
am possessed of after m\ debts and the aforesaid legacies are paid and 



30 OIR (X)I,C)NI.\I. ANt'KSTORS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS. 

discharged, hut it m\ said daughter Sarah Dickson should decease 
without issue or natural heirs then to the children ot mv daughter 
Catherine Deming the said Catherine is to ha\'e the use and improve- 
ment thereof should the said Sarah decease as aforesaid during her 
natural life. 

Item. I gi\e and hequeath to mx daughter Catherine Deming 
and to her heirs the one equal half of all mv personal and real estate 
1 am possessed of which shall remain after m\' debts and the afore- 
said legacies are paid and discharged. 

LastK 1 constitute and appoint l^'diphalet Whittlesey the sole 
executor of this m\ last will and testament. 

Signed, sealed, published and prcuiounced and declared bv the 
said (iabriel Dutcher to be his last will and testament, who in our 
presence signed and sealed the same and in the presence of the Tes- 
tator and of each other ha\e hereunto subscribed our names as 
witnesses. 

Dated at Salisbury this 20 day of March, A. D. 1819. 

Gabriel Dutcher. 
rhaddcus Root. 

Lvdia Anderson. 

[oshua I". Jacobs. 

(diildren : 

I. Mary, born October 19, 1769; died i(Si8. 

II Joshua, born December 16, 1770. 

III. Sarah, born October 17, 1777; married Dickson. 

IV. Catherine, born July 2, 1774; married iUisha Deming, (his 
second wife.) 

\'. Lowrance, born August , 1776. 
\I. John, born March 12, 1778. 



f)lR C-f)I.()MAI, ANCF.,sI"()R> Wl) IHKIR l)K>CKM) ANTS. 31 

COWranCe DUtCbCr, tiUh chiia of (.ahnd (5), (Johannes 4, Rii- 
liiri :; ), \\a;> horn \ugu>r i--6; inarricil I'.unicc Dcniing, horn 
fan. 21, 1793, chcd |nlv i :;, i'S~4. He died April 24, 1 S 1 -. She 
married ( 2 ) Andre\\ Sardam. 

luinice Deming was daughter of l-.hsha Deniing, horn Julv 29, 
17^9, and Marv, his hrst wife; granddaughter ot Dr. iJias Deming, 
ot (io^hen, ( ionnec ticnt, and Hillsdale, New ^ ork, horn No\. 7, 
1721, and I'.uniee Harris, his wife, whom he married April -, 1 ~ ", 
at (ioshen; great grand (.huigliter ot Renjamin Deming, horn |an. 
20, 1684, ot W'etherst^ield, and his \vite Mar\ Wiekham, whom he 
married I'eh. 4, 1704 (6); great, great graniKlaughter ot Jonathan 
Deming, horn, 1639, dieil |an. S, 1700, ot W'etherstield, ami I'.Ii/a- 
heth (iilhert, his wife; great great, great granddaughter of Hon. 
|ohn Deming, horn in England 161 :;, one ot the toumlers ot ( .on- 
ncctieut, Deput\- to the (ieneral Court, 1649- 1661, one ot the 
Patentees ot C-onneetieut, named in the Ro\al (diarter, 1662, ami 
Honor I rear, his wife, who was the tiaughter ot Hon. Kiehard 
I'reat, born 1 ^^4, Deputx to the I'irst (leneral (".ourt ot Conneeti- 
eul, I ()3 7- I 644, tor W'etherstielil, Assistant, i()"-i66:;, named in 
the Roval Cdiarter as one ot the Patentees ot ("onneeticut, 1662, 
member of Cio\. |ohn W inthrops Council, 1663-166:5. 

Onlv child ot Low ranee and i'.uniee Dutcher: 

Henr\, born .\la\ 21, 1812. (Called Harry upon Salisbury 
records.) 

RCnrV DUtCbCr, (I-(n\rance 6, Gabriel ^, Johannes 4, RulutT3), 
youngest chilcl ot Low ranee and luinice (Deming) Dutcher, was 
born \Li\ 21, 1812, at Salisbur\ ; married Sept. 3, 1833, jane 
Mason, born jidv 4, 1816. She was daughter of Col Darius Mason, 



32 OIR C-()I,f)NI.\|, ANCESTORS AM) THEIR DESCENDANTS. 

born |an. 7, 1777, of Sheffield, Mass., and his wife Sarah Root, born 
Sept. 19, 1779; granddaughter of" Peter Mason, born Aug. 1, 1752, 
and his wife Mhsheba Inirnham, born May 26, 1754, at KiUing- 
worth, Conn.; great granddaughter of Peter Mason, born Dee. 28, 
1717, and his wife Margaret b'anning; great, great granddaughter of 
Captain Peter Mason, born iVo\ . 7, i6(So, and Marv Hobart, his wife; 
great, great, great granddaughter of C'aptain Daniel Mason, born 
April , 1652, and his wife Rebeeea Hobart, daughter of Re\'. 
Peter Hobart, of Hingham, Mass.; great, great, great, great grand- 
daughter of Major John Mason, commander-in-chief of the colonial 
forces during the Pcquot War, 1637, and Deputy Governor of C^on- 
necticut, 1660-1670. 

Sarah Root, above named, was daughter of Aaron Root, born 
March 21, 17^0, and Sarah l^ird, his wife (daughter of Capt. Joseph 
Bird and widow Sarah l*ddridge); granddaughter of Col. Aaron 
Root, born Dee. 20, 1720, who ser\ed in the Re\()lution, and Rhoda 
King, his wife, born Mav 13, 1731, (daughter of Moses and Hester 
(Noble) King); great granddaughter of l^aisign Joseph Root, born 
)une 16, i68(S, who was son of Idiomas Root, born 1648, son of 
John Root, of C^onneeticut. 

Hester Noble, aboxe named, born )une 6, 1710, was daughter 
of Matthew Noble and Hannah Dewey, born 1^'eb. 21, 1672, and 
granddaughter of Mathew Noble, the emigrant. Hannah Dewey 
was the daughter of Cornet Thomas Dewe\', born 1^'eb. 1 6, 1 640, 
and o-randdauo-hter of Thomas Dewe\ , the ancestor of the American 
family. 

Henr\' and |ane Dutcher resided all their lives at Sheffield, in 
the house that was built for her the year of her marriage, by her 
father Col. Mason. On Sept. 3, 1893, they celebrated their sixtieth 



OIR eoi.OMAl. ANfKSIORS AM) IHKIR DKSCEMJANTS. 33 

wciKling aniii\ cT^ar\ In a tamiK reunion. I'or ()\ cr fiftv vcars thcv 
were incinlKTs ot tlic ( .ongrcgatioiial (Ihurch, ami were al\\a\s ac- 
tive ill religious ami tharitahle work. Their li\es ot purit\, notile 
selt-suritKe, ami ilevotion to e\ erv trust reposed in them, will e\ er 
he helil in most allettionate rememhrance hv their deseendants. He 
dieil No\, ^o, I Sfj^., in eonsetjuenee of an aeeidental tall; she died 
ot pneumonia, |an. 1 j, 1 c^. 1 . 

(".hiliiren ot 1 Ienr\ and (ane Duteher: 

I. (Imari.i.s 1Ii-,nk\, horn Aug. Ji, iS^-. (See record.) 

II. Sarah Mason, horn ( )ct. (), iS_|.2, married Theodore (airris 
Wickvvire. s. p. 

III. \llreil Tow ranee, horn Dee. 20, 1 S :; 2 ; married Matilda S. 
Drake. lU wa^ manatjer ot the RrookKn otlice ot the Ilanoxer 
insurance (".ompan\. lU died . The\ had one ehiUl: 

Miriam, horn , 1 S - - ; married April 2:5, 1901, )ulian 

M. Tinkne\, ot New ^<)rk ('.it\. 

€barlC$ fiCnry DUtCbCr, eldest dnld of lUnrv ami jane (Mason) 
Duicher, (llenr\ -, j.owrame 6, (iahriel :,, |ohannes 4, Rulufl 3), 
was horn at SheiField, Mass., Aug. Ji, 1S35. He attended the puh- 
lic school aiul the aeadenn in his native town, after which he went 
to Hartford, (.01111., ami engageti in mercantile husiness. He re- 
mo\eil to New ^ Ork (.it\ in i'^tt, and engaged for a time in the 
commission husiness. At the hreaking out of the war in 1S61, he 
enlisteil in Compain A, 1 uh N. \. S. NT as private. His regiment 
was assigned to the command of (Jen. I>. 1"\ Butler, and was stationed 
at t'lrst at Annapolis, Md., and was on diitv there and elsewhere for 
several weeks. Mr. Duteher continued with his regiment until his 
term of service expired. He returned home intending to re-enlist, 



34 OIR eOl.ONlAL ANCESTORS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS, 

hut sickness in his tamilv and other causes necessitated h,s remaning 
•H home. In iS(.s he tormeci a connection with the Continental 
iMrc Insurance Company of New York, and served in various capac- 
ities without interruption, and at the present time is Secretarv cf the 
Hrooklvn Department of the Company. 

■ Mr. Dutcher has been an active worker in the Baptist denomina- 
tion in Hrooklvn for manv vears; was one of the organizers of the 
Baptist Home of Brooklvn and was its Secretarv from April 13, 
,875, to Nov. 13, 1H83, and is now (.902) its President. 

He was a constituent member of the Kmaniiel Baptist Chnrch 
and has ser\ ed as deacon since its organization. He was Snperin-^ 
tendent of the Sunday School for manv years. He is Treasurer ot 
the Brooklvn Bovs' Club, which he assisted in organizing- ^ He is a 
member of the X'eteran Associati(Ui 13th Regiment, also ot the So- 
ciety of Old Brooklvnites and other organizations. He married 
April 21, iS^(), Amanda Storv, daughter of Captain Henry and 
I'.liza ( Bond ) Storv. She was born June 4> ' ^39- ^e was a mem- 
ber of U. S. (n-ant Post No. 327, Department of New York, Grand 
Armv of the Republic. 

Children of Charles Henry and Amanda Dutcher: 

I. Dora Harriet, born March 29, i860; died Dec. 21, i860. 

II. Charles Mason, born I'eb. 1, 1862; married Nov. 12, 1891, 
Helen Torrey Harris, daughter of Col. bh-ederick H. and lUizabeth 
( Torrev) Harris, President of American Insurance Company, New- 
ark, N. |. He is accountant of the Greenwich Savings Bank oi 
New ^ Ork City. Thev had two children: 

1. l-'rederick Harris, born Dec. 5, 1892. 

2. Charles Mason, born Auq;. i, 1897; died Sept. 4, 1898. 




CyU^;^c^/^/{^^ui' 



OIR rol.OMAI. ANCKSTORS AM) I IIKIR DKSCKNDAMS. ^5 

Ml. Louise- I'.cina, horn )aii. 1 ^, i.S6^; married Now 1 S, 1896, 
Artlinr Manle\ Wickwirc. He is a huwcr, ami resides at St. l\nil, 
Minn, Tlies had two ehihh-en: 

1. \rthnr \Ianle\ Wickwire, horn Oct. ^, i<Sc)-; hapt. 
X()\ . 11,1 S9IS. 

2. (diaries Diitcher W'iekwire, horn April 19, 1899; 
hapl. I line 17, 19c ; dieil |an. 7, 1901. 

I\. liessie Stor\, horn h'eh, -, iS-o; married April 21, 1 S()S, 
l)a\id (1. Sarles, ot lliookKn. lie is manager ot New ^ ork WOv en 
I.ahel (-0. rhe\ ha\e one chdil: 

kiiiiieth i)iittliei" Sarles, horn Ma\ 26, 1 S()(). 

\. William llawle\, horn I'eh. -, iS-o; married N()\. 1 -, 1897, 
Margaret Adna ^ onng, horn Se[it ,, 1 S --, daughter ot |aines lulward 
ami .Mar(rarel Anna (\lil\ie) ^ oumj;. lie iv Sec retar\ ot Pratt S: 
Landiert, \ arnish M annlac t urers. 

\ I. Theodore Shotwell, horn |an, 2S, iS-^. 

\ II. I'.dwin Hrown, horn \pnl 1 ., iSSo. 

Link ok (iahriiu. I)i iliii-.r, 'S'orNtiKsr Son and l'"i(.nrii C.nii.n of 
RoKi.oFi' ANK |annkiii Brkssik Dutchhr. 

6abriCl DUlCbCr, eighth ehiUl ot" KoelotL and lannelji (Hressie) 
l)e l)n\sur, was horn |ul\- i^, i-20. He removetl trom Dutehess 
('.onnt\, N. 'N ., to Salishurx, (ionii., with his parents, where he spent 
the hest \ears ot his lite in happiness ami eontentment. His hrothers 
were settleil arouiul him ami all remainetl in Salishur\ until some 
time after their father's death. He inheriteil his portion ot the 
estate, as appears h\ the following reeonl: 

"Whereas, we, ( diristojiher Huteher, of Canaan, aiul |ohannes, 
Cornelius, Rulutlam.! (Jahriel, ot Salisbury, ha\ e all of us a share in 



36 OUR C'()I,()N1.\1. AXCKSroRS AM) IHEIR DESCENDANTS. 

the land 1\ino; in Salishiir\ formcrlv Wctauo;e, deceased, left tn us, 
his cliildren, excepting the orchard and the House Lot, a legacy in 
our said father's hist will and testament hearing date |an, 17, 17,^6, 
was gi\ en to Cmhriciy 

ivvecutetl |ul\ 24, 1 7 v^. In the meantime, Christopher died 
and Hertv Duteher, his widow, his sons, heirs of Christopher, signed 
with the rest. 

The tollowino; item of interest appears on the Salisbury records: 

Salishur\, October 21, 17^7. 
Recei\ed b\ me, (iabriel Duteher, of Salisbury, of ()li\er W'ol- 
eott of Litchfield, sheriff of Litchheld Count\, four negroes. I'he 
one of said negroes is named I'om, aged about 50; another named 
\Lir\, a woman, and aged about ^o; another named Zach, aged 
about I I ; another named Adam, aged about 6 years, which said 
negroes were this day taken before ve sd. VVolcott b\' xirtue of an 
execution granteil out "' '^' '■' in fa\ or of Jeremiah Hogoboom 
of Chneraek, against |ohn Duteher of Salisbury. Said execution 
tlemands Xi-)^-~ -~ ^ Nev\' 'N ork mone\, and said estate is taken from 
\e said |ohn, which said estate 1 hereb\- promise well and safcK' to 
keep till \'e tenth da\ of Xo\ ember next, and then to deluer \e said 
negroes to said VVolcott at \e public sign-post at Salisbury. 

(iabriel Duteher married, in Salisbury, (^onn., Elizabette Knick- 
erbacor (Knickerbocker), bap. in the Dutch Church at Kingston, N. 
\ ., |an. 7, 1722, daughter of Cornelius Knickerbacor and |ean 
Shut, son of ilerman |ansen Ivniekerbocker, son of Johannes V'an 
Hertijen k nickerboeker. 

o 

"The name of ls.niekerboeker/" says Cen. \^iele in his historx of 
this famiK (Harper's Maga/.me, iS7()), "has become a generic term 



OCR C'OI.oNIM. \Nl-|;SI-()RS AM) IHF.IR DFISCKM) WIS. 37 

bv whiili arc designated the descendants of the ()rio;inal Diittli set- 
tlers ot tile State ot New ^ ork, and has here tlic same significance 
as the word 'creole" in Louisiana ( reterrino; to the natives ot the State 
ot Louisiana horn ot l"rencli or Spanish parent^), which is apphetl to 
those whose tainilies ihite hack to earl\ occupation ot tliat State h\ 
the I'reiu h. In more recent times 'Knickerbocker' has tiecome a 
ta\()rite preli\ to numerous products ot inilustr\ and a popular name 
tor ships, steamers, hotels ami companies ot e\ er\ description, until 
the \ er\ origin ot the worti has been almost lost in its multituilinous 
signitications. 

"In rcalitv, this now universal patronxmic- belongs to one ot 
those ancient Dutch tamdies who, as long ago as the sexenteenth 
(ciilurv, were long proprietors m the tertde \alle\ ot the Mohawk 
and iippci lludson, that section ot the State ha\ing been selected tor 
occupaiUN b\ the earl\ settlers ot means and social position m prel 
crencc- to ihc uniiuitinii re<j[ion near the metropolis, which was lett 
to traders and market gardeners, the scant\ soil ottering no attrac- 
tions, as it could onl\ be cultivated m limited [latches between the 
roc k\ ridges. 

"The earl\ Dutch residents ot Albain and its \icinit\ constituted 
a kind ot landed aristocracx , and, with their numerous retainers and 
shnes, held a sort ot teudal court in the grand mansions w Inch ma\ 
still be tound dotted here and there in the interior ot the State. 

"The t'amih seat ot' the Knickerbockers at Schaghticoke is one 
ot the ancestral homes around whose hearthstones the associations ot 
bvuone uenerations (rather in the shadow ot advancing times. Ihe 
spacious edii'ice is built in the cjuaint h'lemish style ot architecture, 
with its deep p\ramidall\ shaped root like that of the \enerable 




TllK OLII KNIOKERllOOKER nOMESTKAT*, SOtlAdllTIOOKE. 



OIR fOI.ONIAl. ANCKSTOKS AND IHKIR DKSCKNDAN IS. 39 

Dutch cliiireli that tormerlv stood in the center ot State street in the 
cit\ ot Albaiu. "' "" I lie principal entrance is reacheil through 
an a\enue ot ancient tree^, tinu-worn anci scarreil, that clnnh liiLrh 
ab()\e the root, like \v atch-towers o\ erh)()k.ing the plain. I he \ine- 
covered porch, with its hospitable seat on either siile, welcomes the 
\isitor, aiul the huge brass knocker, on the up[)er leat ot the old- 
fashioned oaken ih)()r, sunmions rhe cheertul host. 

" \niong the touiulei"^ ot the now prosperous ( .oinmonw ealt h ot 
New ^ ork thi^ tanid\ was conspicuous m the couiuil and in the 
tield. I he head ot the tainiK in America was llerman |an'-en 
Knickerliocker, son ot |ohanne^ \ On Hergen Knickerbocker. lie 
was born m I'rie^land, Holland, in the \ear 1 64S, (.ntered the Dutch 
na\ \ at an earl\ age, and servfd uiuler \'an Tromp and De Ru\ter 
during that period in the histor\ ot Holland which was so remark- 
able tor Its na\al xutoric^. Ik was se\erel\ wouiuleil at the battle 
of Solebas, oil the coast ot I'.nglaiul, where the Dutch shi[-)s en- 
gageil the combineii I'.ngli^^h and I'rench tleets. ()n his recox er\ he 
resigned his lommi^Nioii ami came to America, where he soon alter 
married I,\sbeth |ane bogart, daughter ot \I\iulert llennance \ an 
De Uogart, the well known surgeon ot the Dutch ship I'.ndraaght, 
and subseipient l\ commissarx ot I'oit ()range. \ an De Bogart was 
an eccenti-ic and high-tempeied indi\idual. At one time, in a dis- 
pute with I'iter Stu\\esant, the Director-( r'eneral, while the\ were 
crossing the river, he attempted to throw the lust\ Pieter overboard, 
and would have succeeded had he not been prevented. lie died a 
violent death brought on bv his ungovernable temper." 

Reterring to the later generations ot the Knickerbocker tamilv, 
r,\n. I'libert I,. \ iele savs: 

''I'he time came at leniith when, after constant \ears of an\iet\ 



40 OL R COl.OMAI. .Wt'KSroRS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS. 

aiui watching, (he quiet repose ot peaee settled oxer tlie \alle\' of 
Sc'haghtic'oke ( pronoiineed Skat-o-eoke, said to be an Algonquin 
word sio;nit\ iiiii: 'The Meetino; of the Waters'), but this was soon 
rudeU di^turbeil b\ the gathering clouds that presaged the struggle 
ol the colonies with (ireat Britain. The Dutch settlers had loyally 
ser\ etl the States (ieneral and their authorized a<j;ents, antl had atter- 
w arils been ec]uall\ true to the Duke of ^ ork and to the British 
sovereign. The several ^eneratlons of the Knickerbocker famil\-, as 
thcN' came upon the active stage of life, took their place and per- 
fornietl their part in current affairs. C'olonel |ohannes Knicker- 
bocker served in various e\pediti()ns against the hostile Indian tribes; 
was afterwards attached to the stafl of Kord Howe in the attack on 
Tic oiuleroga in i 7 v'^' ^^*-' ^^'^^"^ commissioned a colonel in the Rev- 
olutionar\' Armv, Oct. 20, 1775, raised a regiment in Schaighticoke, 
and was severeK woundecl at the battle of Saratoga. He was also a 
member of the State I>egislature in 1792." 

Mrs. L\'dia Sigournev, whose classic poems are among the richest 
treasures of American History, yisited the old Knickerbocker mansion 
and wrote the followin<r lines: 

''() vale of peace! () haunt serene! 

() hill encircled shades! 
No footsteps rude, or hery neigh 

Of iron steed o'er graded way 

^our S\l\an steep invades. 



'* The red-brovyed Indian's planted name 
\ our blended waters bore. 

Though they who erst that baptism gaye 
Beneath obliv ion's blackening wav e 
Have sunk to rise no more. 



OIR (.•<)!.( )NI\I. \NC-|;S'l'ORS AMJ IIII.IR Dl.SCKXDANTS. 

"lIci'L', chui in aiuicnr honor, dwelt 
I he Kiiiekerhoeker race. 

And \\isel\ ruled in hall and bower, 

And held their old memorial power 
With lirm and honest graee. 

''I'here gatherings grand of social jov 
The aiu estral mansions knew ; 

W hile root and rafter shook witli mirth. 
Ami hospitalitx had hirth. 
Which still is warm ami true. 

''So ma\ the knitkerhoeker line 
I heu' prosperous harvest sow. 

Nor ever lack a nohle heir 

I heir d\nast\ and name to hear 
\\ hile mingling waters tlow."" 

Reteirimj; to the marriages hetween the K nic kerhoeker 
well-known families of New ^ ork State, iii.]\. \ lele sa\s: 



4' 



111 other 



" \s a matter ot course the^e earl\ settlers depended greath upon 
each other; there was e\ er present a common clanger to hind them 
together, while the social necessities of life held them m tirm hoiuls 
of Iriendship. \s a natural result, intermarriages hetween the fami- 
lies soon added the still stronger ties of consanguinitx , and at the 
present time there is scarceK an individual for mam miles around 
that is not in some wa\ related to all the others. 

Life at Schaghticoke was for main \ears like an armed reconnois- 
sance. I'he lurking savage was alwavs on the lookout for a victim, 
and the sidnlc Canadian ever conspiring for an attack. I'.ach and 
all were compelled to he coiistantK on the alert. In the midst of 






'■full 




!01.'>Ni:i, JOHXNNKB KSICKKEUOOKEB AND UIS WIFr. — [rROM A PAINTING IN TUI! EAST UnttM.] 



OIR C-OI.OMAI. ANCKSTORS AM) IHKIR 1 )KSCKM)ANTS. 43 

their rr()iilile> the settlers iliil not tor a moment lose sight of their 
religious iliities. A Diiteh Reformed church was erected under the 
auspices ot the C.lassis ot Amsterdam. Oxer this the \ enerahle 
Dominie X'anschooten ministered. The rude place of worship 
originalh built was soon replaced h\ a more imposing edihce. I his 
c]uaint building was si\t\ b\ tortx teet, with low side walls and a 
high-pitched mansard roof, and turret surmounted b\ weathercock 
over the southern gable. I he services of the church were, of course, 
in the Dutch language, and the old time-stained Hible with brass 
corners and huge brass clasps, then in use, is now an heirloom re\ er- 
entlv preser\eil in the Knickerbocker mansion." 

MiinscH's Annals of Albain savs of this familv of Knickerbock- 
ers: Merman |anscn Knickerbocker was the son ot |ohannes Nan 
Ik-rghen and his wife Johannes, daughter ot Kutger \ an \larni\, 
Lord ot Hoicclear. In his will, |anuar\ -, i-oi, he mentions si\ 
children, baptised in the Relomud Dutch church at Albans. 

(iornelis, bap. S(.pt. j, i6SS, died soon. 

(.ornelis, again, bap. |an. (), ibcji. 

Cornelia, bap. |ul\ 20, Hxji. 

I'"\ert, bap. Sept. S, \bqi). 

I'ieter, Ivip. April 1 (), . 

|ohannes and Laurens are mentioned in his will, but the dates 
of baptism are not gi\en, and the name of ("ornelis, which appears 
among his children, is not mentioned in this will. 

C^.ornelius Knickerbocker, or Knickerbacor, as it appears on the 
Connecticut records, son ot Herman |ansen Knickerbacker, was 
baptised |an. (>, i()()2, at Albanv, and soon after he attained his 
majoritv mo\ecl to Litchfield, (A)nn. The Historx of Litchtield 



44 Ol'R COLONIAL ANCKS lORS AM) IIIKIR I )KSe-KXDAN TS. 

(^()unt\ States that "I'lic K-nitkcrhockcr tami]\ came into town 
(SalishniA) soon after White anei others. |ohn ([ohannes) Knick- 
erbacor oeeupied that kniekerhacor grant. Cornelius, his brother, 
settleii at I'urnaee Xilhitre atiout the same time. Cornelius Rnick- 
erbacor's was tor some lime the onl\ white tamilv in that section 
of the town." He afterward remo\ ed to Sharon, Conn. 

Cornelius Kniekerbaeor married |ohannes Shut and had, among 
other ehihlren, a dausjjhter Mli/abeth, who was married to Ciabriel 
Duteher, December, i~4_^. 

Ciabriel Duteher returned to Dutchess C-ouirt\ after 1759, and 
probabK resitled there among his wife's friends until her death at 
l)()\er Plains, N. ^ ., April 2:5, 1793, when he remo\ed to Cherr\- 
Vallex, N. ^ ., and spent the remainder of his davs with his son )ohn. 
His wife was buried in the old gra\ evard at Do\er Plains, and the 
simple tombstone contains the following inscription: 

Kli/abeth, Wife of (iabriel Duteher, died April 23, 1793, .^> 73. 

(iabriel Duteher, bv his wife l^dizabeth ( kniekerbaeor) Duteher, 
had issue: 

1. llcfijiuiiiii^ bap. in the Cermantown Chureh, Columbus Co., 

Jan. 29, 1 744. 

II. Cornelius, bap. in the Germantown Church, Mav 24, 1746. 

III. CJiristojjcll, bap. in the Cermantown Church, |an. 3, 1 74'S. 

IV. (Catharine, born Sept. i (S, 1 749. 

Hetween the births of C>atharine and John there were other 
children born, but their baptisms do not appear on the 
records of the (iermantown Church antl the\ ha\ e not 
been found elsewhere. 
\'. 'Jo/i/i, born |an. :;, 17^9. 



£ 



v/leinory of 

i Elizabeth the ^a ite of 

Cabnl Dutcher. who 

Died April li it 93 

in the 73*' year oMier 

age. 

On Codj/Mmightynamc I rall'd. 
< /A" J thuj lo hiin I pray "J; 

LorJ Ihefeecli fhec fave niy foul 
With forrows cjviite diTmaycl. 




OLR COI.OMAI. ANCKSIORS AM) Illl.lR DKMKNI )AN IS. 45 

Atrcr the de-arli of (iahricl Diitchcr, the father, the estate at 
Salishiir\ was ili\iileii up ami the children soon heeanie scattered, and 
onU the ancient landmarks are left as a reminder of the Dutch set- 
tlement m this l()calit\. 

Hen|amin, the ehlest child, remoxed to Dutchess Countx, X. ^ ., 
and married there. lie suhsec]uentl\nio\ed to Washington (^ount\, 
\. 'N ., and tmalK to Shattshur\ , \'t., where he died. The next of 
his descendants appears under the head ot '' Benjamin Dutcher and 
His Descendants," alter that ot John, who was the Noungest son ot 
(iahriel. 

Of Cornelius, the second child, little is known, ami his de- 
scendants are prohahK scattered in ditlerent parts ot the countr\. 

C-hristoflel or ( .hristopher Dutcher, whose baptism is tound on the 
records of the (icrmantowii (hurch as \la\ J4., 1 "4^), appears to 
ha\ e Keen a man ol c on^idei aitle pu^h and eiiergx. lie took aclxan- 
tage ot the division ot the estate helonging to the Livingston Manor, 
not long alter the Manor ceased to exist, and bought a large tract 
ot land extending trom the top ot (.hestnut Kidge at Do\ er Plains, 
in Dutchess Countx, N. 'S ., to the I'en Mile Ki\er. lie not onl\ 
carried on an extensive tarm, hut he erected a mill on I en Mile 
River where he ground the wheat and corn tor his neighbors tor 
miles around. lie married Marx Uelden, daughter ot Silas Helden, 
a native ot W cthersl'ield, ('.onn., and the louiuler ot the Relden 
tamilv ot' Dutchess Countv, N. ^. Ihev had a son, Lawrence 
Dutcher, who married |ane Nasse, and had a son, Helden Dutcher, 
born Aug. (), 1 "c) ^ The latter married Maria llurd and had 
I'.gbert, married Maria Soule, who were the parents ot Mary I'.llen 
Dutcher, who married tor her second husband Richard \\ Ketcham. 



46 Ol R COI.OMAl, ANC'KSIOKS AND IHKIR UESCKNDANTS. 

I>iNK OF John Di'tciU'R, Yol\(;ks-i- So\ of Gabr[ki, and Eli'/abhth 

( kxiCKKRUOCKKR ) Dl'I'CHKR. 

30bn DUtCbCr, xonngcst son of (iabricl and l"~li/ahcth ( Ivnicker- 
hac-or) Diitchcr, was horn at Salislnir\, (^onn., |an. ^th, 1759, died 
Dec. 2iul, 1848. He nio\cd to D()\ cr, Dutchess (U)., N. \., and 
thence to (dierr\ \'alle\, Otsego Countv, N. ^'. He married 
S\l\ia Reardslex, Ma\ 17th, 1779, daughter of |ohie], son of John 
(2), son of )ohn ( 1 ), son of |oseph, son oi William, the ancestor. 
She was horn October 10, 176^, died |anuarv 14th, 184.4. 

William Heardsle\-, the ancestor of the Beardslcv tamilv oi Strat- 
ford, Conn., came from England in 1635 in the ship Planter at the 
age of ^o, with his wife Marv, daughter Marv, sons |ohn and Joseph. 
Tradition sa\s he v\ as a nati\e ot Stratford on A\()n, the home of 
Shakespeare, and that he g^^\ c the name Stratford to the plantation 
in Connecticut where he settled, and that one of his descendents who 
moxed to i-i\ingston (lount\-, N. \ ., ga\"e the name to the place 
where he settled, A\()n, in honor of the ri\ er from whence his ances- 
tor came. William Beardslex emiLrrated with Rc\'. Adam Hlackeman 
from St. Albans, luigland, was at Hadlev, Mass., until 16:58, remo\- 
ino; thence to Hartford, ('onn., ami was one of the oriirinal settlers of 
Stratford. He was se\ en times elected Deput\' to the General Oourt 
of ( W)n]iecticut. He died at the age of 56 \ears. In his will he 
sa\s, '^ All m\ tlaughters that are now married, I gi\'e ten pounds 
apiece." He had nine children of whom [oseph was the third. 

Joseph Heartlslex, third child of William and Mar\ ( ) Beards- 

le\', was born in I'aigland, came with his parents to America and 
luctl in Stratford. His father left him half of hisestate, after other be- 
(]uests, pro\ uled he shouKl lea\ e the life of a seaman and take care of 



(;lk coi.omai. anckstors and thkir dkslkndants. 



47 



his mother. He complied so tar as to secure the nronerr\ which he 
exchanged |ulv ^i, iOS_|. (lie being then of 13rook.ha\ en, L. !.). with 
Andrew Ciihb '» All his possessions in Stratford, tor Mr. (iihhs home- 
stead in Hrookhax en. "' lie married Abio-ail , and had nine 

children ot whom )<)hn ( i ) was the second. 

John HeariKlev ( i ) son ot Joseph and Abagail ( ) Heardslev, 

u'as l">orn No\. -|.th, i66S. lie was a blacksmith. in his will dated 
N()\. I ith, i7J?2, he mentions his wite Abigail and h\e sons. His 
will is recorded in I'airtield, Conn. He ga\ e laiul in Unit\ and 
(ireat Neck to his son Aiulrew. i O johiel he said, " I >j;i\e m\' 
shop anil all m\ working tools tor the carr\ing on ot m\ trade, anil 
m\ cart and \u\ w heels, and all m\ lot and orchanl at \\ alnnt- 
tree Hill." lie married Abigail WakeKn and had six children, 
of whom |ohn (j) was the Idlh. 

|ohn l'>eardsle\' ( _' ), son of |ohn (i) and Abigail (WakeKn) 
IkardslcN, was iioiii March i), |-oi. lie married Ke/iah Wheeler, 
i )ec. j(), 172^. lie received trom his tather ''tor paternal loxe" ^6 
acres oi lam! on h)wer White Hills. rhe\ luul issue |<)hiel. 

|ohiel iKardNle\, tilth son ot John (2) and Ke/iah (Wheeler) 
Heardsle\, wa^ born I'eb. ()(h, 1 ~ ; >. He marrieil iiannah (irithn 
and had among other chiKlren a daughter, SvKia, who was married 
to |ohn Dutther. 

|ohn Dutcher b\ his wite, S\l\ia ( HeardslcN ) l^utcher hat! issue: 
1. I'di/alieth, born Ma\ 1 Sth, ijcSo, died June Nth, 1780. 
H. ('///■/s/o/)//i-/-, born April -'3th, 17S1, died April 23d, 1 N45, 
married Martha Sloan. 

ill. (iabriel, born \la\ ^th, 17^:^, married Peggie McKillip, 
died \la\ 21st, 1 S^c), had three sons, Daniel, Dwight and Davis. 



^8 OIR eOl.OMAI, ANC'KSIOKS AM) IIII.IR DKSC^KNDAMS. 

I\'. Hannah, horn April 26, i-S-, married Mr. Fitch and after- 
wards Simon (ira\, died |an. 10, i<S62. 

W |ohiel, horn April 24, 1787, died Jan. 14, 1822, single. 

\1. SvKia, horn March 2, 1789, married W'm. Goodell, died 
No\ . 5, I 8 6 :5. 

\ll. SalK, horn |n1v ;, 1 , I7()i, married W'm. Knapp, died March 
21,1842. 

\111. Pcincfor Can-, horn Jan. :;, 1794, died Feb. 18, 1867, 
married |ohanna Low I'rink, Jec. ;^ ' > 1821; born July 2, 1802, 
died Sept. 7, 1881. 

IX. Marv, born March 2, 1796, married John McKillip, died 
1-eb. 16, 1882. 

X. |ohn, born Dec. 1, 1797, died March 12^ 1859. 

XI. Ke/iah, born March 14, 1800, married Ik'njamin Da\ is, 
died Oct. 4, 187 8. 

XII. Dr. )oseph NX, born Sept. 9, 1802, married Louisa Spaftord, 
died J 873. 

XIII. Deborah White, born August 15, 1804, married W'm. 
Da\is, died Oct. 24, 1868. 

Chrtstophkr Dlichkr, eldest son ot jolin and SvKia (Beardsley) 
Dutcher, born April 2^, 1781, died April 23, 184-, married \Lirtha 
Sloan, (une 2, 1803, who v\as b(^rn .\Lu 3, 1784, died Jan. 3, 1875. 
Thev had issue: S\l\ia, )ohn and (dinstopher. 

(dnldren : 

1. Svd\ia Dulcher was born |une 3, 1804, died April 26, 1884. 
She was marrietl NLirch 14, 1822, to Peter (Jilchrist, of Springheld, 
N. ^. Second hnsband was Lewis Whipple, whom she married in 



f)lR rol.ONIAI. AN(.I.SIf)RS AM) THEIR DF.SCM'.XnANTS. 49 

1840. The seven chilclren ofSvlxia Dutcher ami Peter Gilchrist 
are as follow s: 

1. Martha (iilehrist, born April 10, 182^, died Mav 30, 

1871. Married twice; hrst in 18^9, to fames X'ihhard, who 

died in 1840. September 27, 1842, she niarried (Jershom 

Shaid. Umic, tne children: S\l\ia, M. Libbie, |ennie. Squire 

Clilchri^t, 1*. Lewis. 

1. SyKia Shaul, eldest child of Martha (iilehrist Shaul, 
born Aug. 21, iS4>, married |(hn T. Alwaise, Oct. 10, 1867, 
residence 1 ^'^ W. 1 ;,o St., Nev ^ Ork C\t\. $.^Lj^<Ky dC'jufJiy Si>U^./ ;Q/o 

2. M. Ijbbie Shaul, second child ot' Martha CJilchrist 
Shaul, born |ul\ 5, 1846, married Robert La\ Walrath, l*\-b. 
10, 1870. Resides Mast Sprinu;tieUl, X. ^. Issue: |ohn 
Jacob, SvKia I'di/abeth, M \ ra Lo\ea, Robert Homer. 

|ohn |ac()b Wab-ath, born No\, 26, 1870, marrieti 
i'lorente 1.. ^()ullij;, 1 )ec. 12, 1894, ami ha\e issue: Louisa 
I'li/abeth, born l-'eb. 1 t, 1898, Robert ^()uno;, born Mav 
2^, I ()oo, and Dorotlu I'deanor, born Aug. 11, 1901. 
Resilience I'.ast Springtield, N\ ^'. 

SvKia I'dizabeth Walrath, born [une 23, 1876, mar- 
ried Dr. Phillip S, 'S'oung, |une ", 1899. Residence East 
Springheld, N. ^ . 

M \ ra Lo\ea Walrath, born June 9, 1879, died Dec. 
2^^ 1881. 

Robert Homer Walrath, born No\. 21, 1884. 
^. |ennie Shaul, third chihl ot Martha (Iilehrist Shaul, 
born Ma\ 10, 1848, married |une 4, 1873, |ohn |. Lawrence. 
Resides 598 L. 140 St., New ^()rk. Cit\'. Their children are: 



50 



OUR COLOMAJ. ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 

R. Warren r.awrencc, born Mav S, 1H74, married 
Nellie I.ogan Lawson Oct. 18, 1 S99. Residence 598 
East 1 40 St., New ^'<)rk City. 

(-linton Kdvvard Lawrence, born April 16, 1880. 

|()hn Jacob Lawrence, born N()\ . 1 -|., 1881. 

4. Squire Gilchrist Shaiil, fourth child of ALirtha Gilchrist 
Shaul, born |une 2^, 1850, married Oct. 4, 1871 Kmma 
Wilcox ot" North Litchheld, N. ^'. Residence North Ikidge- 
water, N. \'. Their children are: 

Charles W. Shaul, born |an. 19, 1873, married Alice 
i\L Carpenter, |an. 10, 1900. Residence Cass\ille, N. ^ . 
Ha\'e one child, Herman Edward, born l^'eb. 10, 1901. 

NLirtha H. Shaul, born Mav 4, 1874, married Edward 
A. Miller ot Clinton N. Y., [une 1, 1899; thev have one 
child. Bertha Louise, born August zH, 1901. 

l^'rederich G. Shaul, born Nhirch 10, 1878, married 
Louise NL Healev of Gretna, La., |une 26, 1901. Resi- 
dence 30:5 Central Ave. West Hoboken, N. Y. 

5. P. Lewis Shaul, born 18:56, died 1862. 

IL Mar\' Ciilchrist was born April 15, 1824, twice 
married, first |une 6, 1840, to |()hnson Whipple (one child, 
Louise M.), again in December, 1861, to hW\\ NL Rice (one 
child, I'Vanklin Sheldon). Her present home is 1{. Springfield. 
]^\ her hrst husband she had Louise \L Whipple, born Eeb- 
ruarv 12, 1842, died December 16, 1893, married Sheldon 
A. ^ oung, October 17, 1866. 1^\ her second marriage she 
hail Lranklin Sheldon Rice, born October 3, 1866, died 
August (), 1 8()8. 



Ol-R COF/)NI.\[. ANCESTORS AND THEIR^ DESCENDANTS. 51 

111. C-hristophcr (jilchrist, born March ^o, 1H25, died 
July -, i^!^^ Married Melissa Harwick, Noxemher 2^, 
1.S54 (tour children, Louis, Annie, died Noung, Kittie and 
lamest). kittle married Arthur Northrup, residence, CuUen, 
\. 'N . i'.rnest niarrieil I.illie , one child, Marian. 

1\. |ane A. (iilchrist, born |anuar\ ist, 1^27, married 
John Scolhird, |anuar\ 1 S, 1S71. NO children. Residence, 
E. SprinirfieKl, N. ^ . 

\. Daniel (iilchrist, born November 21, 1S2S, married 
Hannah I',. W'alrath, |anuar\ 2, 1866 (tour children, Louise 
W'alrath, Martha Irene, L\ander Daniel and Addie Loxea ). 
Residence ot Daniel (iilchrist, I'",. Springtiehi, N. "^ . Issue: 

1. Louise W'alrath (iilchrist, born Dec. 10, 1 iS6<S. 

2. Martha (Mattie) Irene (iilchrist, born Ma\ 16, 
iiSji, ilieil in Nebraska, March 2^, iSqi. 

^. Daniel l''.\ ander (iilchrist, born |ul\ 27, 11X76. 

4. Aildie Loxea (iilchrist, born |uiie 1 ^, 1878, 
married I'.iiwin II. Marks, Dec. 1 .S, 1901. Residence 
|ohnsto\\n, N. \ . 

\'L l'",li/a (iilchrist, born l"eb. 28, 18^2, married 1"a an- 
der \\ . Harnum, b"ebruar\ 2^, 1S60. Resilience, I'nion, 
Cass (.ount\, Nebraska. Thex had issue: 

I. Thomas (i. Barnum, born Mar. 28, 1861, married 
November 8, 188;, Hattie A. Lollard (one child, X'ernie 
L.), born No\. 24, i88_|.. Residence, Lnion, Cass Co., 
Nebraska. 

\ 11. Margaret A. Cilchrist, born August 1, 18^4, died 



52 OLR COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 

February 28, 1896. Married Dexter J. Matteson, Jan. 16, 
1861. Issue : 

I. Exander W. Matteson, born Dee. 9, 1872, died 
No\'. 17, 1894. 

John Dutch kr, second child and eldest son of Christopher and 
Martha Sloan Dutcher, born No\-. 15, 1807, died Nov. 4, 1875, 
married Laura Rurlingamc, |an. ^o, 1830, who was born June 28, 
1811, died April 23, 1844. C-hildren : Squire, Keziah, Louisa, 
Marv, Monroe and |ohn. 

Squire Dutcher, born Oct. 31, 1830, married Jennie 
Brewster. (Ihildren: Bvram, De Forrest. 

Ke/.iah Dutcher, born |an. 2:^, •''^S-^, married Daniel 
Mason. Children: Alma, Edric, Laura, Linus. 

Louisa Dutcher, born July 17, 1833, married Adrial Par- 
shall, (^diildren: |ohn Adelbert, Belle and Claud Parshall. 
John Adelbert married Olive Clark. ikdle married Curtis 
Barnum. Claud married Lena Snedicker. 

.\larv Dutcher, born |an. 21, 1837, married Horace 
Pierce. Children: Arthur W'., Laura. 

Monroe Dutcher, born Oct. 7, 1839, married Jennie 
Gates. No children. 

|()hn Dutcher, jr., born April 2, 1844, married Fliza 
Phillips. No children. Married second wife Aug. 7, 1S96, 
Elizabeth Skinion, born Mav i, 1864. 

C-HRisi ophkr Dli'chkr, N'oungest son ot Christopher and Martha 
Sloan Dutcher, was born )ulv 15, 1815, died September 14, 1893, 
married Roxic Baird, October 11, 1838, who died April 4, 1883. 
1 hev had issue Jerome VV., I>ewis VV., Ahirtha F., Esther W. 



OIR t()Lf)NI.\L ANCKSTORS AND THl.IR DKSCKNDANTS. 53 

I. JcroiiK- \\ ., horii August i, 1H39, died )ul\ 16, 1901. He 
married (iertrude M. Hurlingame, l"ehruar\ 4, 1858. Thex hud 
issue: 

I. aura Dutelier, horn Mareh 20, 1859. 
Cdiristopher Duteher, horn April 11, 1S61. 
Anna Duteher, horn |une 8, 186^, died |ul\ -, 1901. 
Ihomas M. Duteher, horn Aug. 4, 1864. 
Wilham |. Duteher, horn Septemher :;, 18-1. 

II. I.ewi^ W ., horn August 6, 1843, marrietl I'ninia D. Moone, 
Septemher jS, i S()4, at Hartwiek Seminar\, where the\ now ( i(}02) 
reside. She was horn Dee. 29, 18:^9. 'l'he\ had issue horn at 1{. 
SpringheKi : 

Lewi^ Iklden, horn No\. 23, 186:;, marnetl Dee. 30, 
I S94, to (I'raii' \l. Strail, Sthoharie (U). No children. He 
is a Lutheran eiergv man. His lirst eharge was l'"re\ shush, 
\l<intgomer\ (m)., N. ^ ., hom April, i8()3, to April, 1899. 
His present charge is Stone Arahia, sinee 1 89(j. He was 
graduated from Hartwiek Seminar\ m iS()i. 

Arthur W inlield, horn Dee. 2, 1867, died )ul\ 27, 1899. 

I'Ved (Christopher, horn Aug. 26, 1869, married Hannah 
judkins, ol \\'esth)rd, Mareh 2", 1899. I'hex had issue, 
Arthur \\ ., horn \la\ 7, 1901. I'red C is a tanner and re- 
sides at Hartwiek Seminary. 

I'he tollowintr ehildren horn at Hartwiek Seminarx : 

I'.mma Louise, horn August 30, 1873, married Alfred 
Churchill Clark, No\. 8, 1898. Residenee California. 

Martha Esther, horn l\-h. 19, 1876, died h'eh, 9, 1879. 
Ralph Lee, horn April 16, 1877, died Aug. 10, 1877. 



54 <)l R C'()1,()N1AL ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 

111. Martha \\., born April i <S, i(S50, married Theodore L. 
(Jroiit, I'ehniarv 19, iSq2,died ]u\\ 17, 1^95. No issue. 

1\. l\srher M., horn Mav 10, 1^53, married Theodore L. Grout, 
Oetoher (S, 1H73, died Deeember 26, 1883. Thev had issue: 
1{\ erett 1"., horn October 17, 1879. 
Edwin D., born No\ember 4, 1882. 
M \R\ Di'-rcHKR, ninth child ot fohn and Svlvia (Beardslev) 
Dutcher, born March 2, 1796, died February 16, 1882, married 
April, 1821, to [ohn Mckillip, born 1790, died December 24, 
1845. C'diildren: 

Daniel Beardslev, born June, 1822, died Oct. 17, 1900. 
Deborah Elizabeth, born Sept, 1825, died l''eb. 26, 1867. 
Joseph Gabriel, born November, 1828. 
|ohn Archibald, born 1834, drowned juK' 22, 1865. 
Kkzia Dltchkr, ele\enth child of John and S\l\ia (Beardslev) 
Dutcher, born at Gherrv Vallev, March 14, 1800, died October 4, 
1878, married April 28, 1822, Benjamin Da\ is, born at Burlington, 
N. )., October 5, 1795, died March 2^, i860. G.hildren: 
Hannah Elizabeth, born Dec. 16, 182^. 
William Alonzo, born )une 16, 1828; died Mav 21, 1843. 
Marv |ane, born June 22, 1831, died Oct. 30, 1898, 
married Amos Latimer Swan, No\. 12, 1873, who died Sept. 
4, 1881. No children. 

Harriet Keziah, born Sept. 3, 1833, died Mav 20, 1843. 
Benjamin Bruce, born Feb. 12, 1836, died Now 1, 1880, 
married December 2^, 1872, Mrs. Sophia Daxidson. 

)os. Warren, born Oct. 20, 1837, died Aug. 19, 1883, 
married April 2H, 1880, Sarah A. Nellis. 

Gatl-iarine S\ 1\ ia, born Dec. 19, 1841, married Now 12, 



OLR eoi.ONIAl. ANCKSTORS AM) IHKIR DKSCKNDANl-S. 55 

1H73, Almond Hrouii, who died March 7, 1893. Children: 
lk'ii)amin Davis Hrown, born Auu;. ig, i<S74. 
I'.dirh |uan Hrown, horn April 12, i<S76. 
Marv I^lizabcth Hrown, horn h'cb. 2, i<S79. 
Sylvia Hrow 11, born March ;;o, 1884. 

Deborah W'hiik Dttchkr, rhirtccnrh child of jolm and Sylvia 
( Ik-ardslcN ) Dntchcr, born Ann;. 1:;, 1804, died Oct. 24, 1868, was 
married Sept. 2:;, 182^, to William l)a\ is, born April 6, 1801, died 
jiilv 22, 187C). I heir children are: 

1. )ose[Wi Dutcher Davis, born Sept. 9, 1827, died Sept. 1 (), 
186^, married Aug. :;, 18-0, Martha I.. Howe. 

II. W dliam Kirbv Davis, born Jan. ^1, 1829, liied l'\'b. 25, 
1887, married Aug. ij, i'^^^, Anna H. NOstine. 

III. Lewis benjamin Davis, born Oct. 26, 1830, died |unc 13, 
I ()0 I . 

i\. |ohn l.eonanl Davis, born Nov. 3, 18^4, died Aug. 14, 
1900, married Dec". 20, 18-f), Louisa Hanenstein. 

\'. NLirv Heardslev Davis, born l"eb. :?, 1 8 >-, died Dec. 24, 1 843. 

\ I. Ilannah Ann Davis, born |an, 21, 1840, married Sept. 7, 
1865, Irustman H. Totten. 

ParCCfOr Garr DUtCbCr, eighth child of John and Svlvla (Beards 
lev) Dutcher, was born |anuar\ ^, 1794, at Cherry \a!le\, Otsego 
("■-ountv. New ^ ork. lie died I'cbruarv 18, 1867. He purchased 
a firm in Springfield, in the same countv, on which he resided until 
1846, when he removed to Seneca, Ontario County, New ^ ork. 

His whole life was spent in a quiet way in the cultivation of his 
firm with no tiesire f)r public life. He ami his wife were members 



56 OIR COLONIAL AN'CESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 

of the Prcsb\ rerian C-hurch in which thcv were earnest and active 
workers. 

He married, Dec. 31, i (S 2 i , Johanna Low hVink, horn |ulv 2, 
I 802, died September 7, 1881, while on a \isit at Roseboom, Otsego 
Countv, New "^ Ork, within a mile of the place where she was born. 

She was a daughter of Stephen h'rink of Connecticut, a descend- 
ent probabU in the fifth generation of Lieutenant John h'rink of 
Stonington. 

Lieutenant (ohn bVink was an carlv settler of Stonington, C^ionn. 
In the contract for building the new meeting-house, October, 1680, 
(ohn hVink of Stoninirtoif and Kdward De Wolf of L\'nn were called 
ni to \ lew the work and arbitrate betv\ecn the builders and people. 
He was formerh of Roxburx', NLiss. 

In October, 1696, Lieutenant Thomas LiiTingwill of Norwich 
and Sergeant [ohn Frink of Stonington, mo\'ed the General Court 
"that the\ , with the rest of the Lnglish \()lunteers in former wars, 
might ha\ c a plantation granted to them." A tract of land six miles 
square was granted in answer to their request, "to be taken up out 
of some of the conquered land," its bounds prescribed and settle- 
ment regulated b\' persons appointed bv the court. '^ "^^ A large 
part of the tract thus granted is now comprised in the town of 
N'oluntown, Windham Countv. 

July I, 1701, the grantees met in Stonington to make arrange- 
ments for surxev and appropriation. Richard Rushnell was chosen 
clerk of the companv, and desired to make out a list of names of 
volunteers and also to make entrv of such votes as should be passed. 
'Fhomas Liftingwill, |ames A\ erv, 'John Ffinh, and Richard Smith 
were chosen as committee "to pass all that should ofi'er themscKes 
as volunteers." 




V' 





















oik (.Ol.OMAI. ANC'KSrORS AND IHKIR DHSCKNDAN IS. 



57 



I Ik- I'riiiks sL-ttlcd probabK in Pc^mtrct and Stcrlino;, Windham 
C'.onntx, a> rlic name appears quite trequenth on the records. I'rom 
the foregoing record it is evident that J.ieutenant |ohn I'rink ser\ etl 
in tile I'rench ami Indian War. 

That the i'rink^ were ot an excellent tamiK' is show n in the fact 
that the\ were nniteii h\ marriage to the best families in New Lon- 
don ('.()unt\. In "()hl llonses of the Antient Town of Norwich" 
bv Mar\ !■.. I'crkins, page 4.0, is the following: 

"Col. '/edekiah Huntington, born in Norwich, 1696, married 
I - I (), llannah Trink, whom we belie\e to lie a daughter of Samuel 
and llannah (Miner) I'Vmk of Stonington, C-onn." 

('apt. Nathan I'rink, probabK son or grandson of Lieut. John 
I'^rink, was one of the most brilliant law\ers in Windham CountN. 
lie was for some \ears King Attornex tor the (^ount\, and stooil 
\er\ high in the commnnit\. 

Stephen I'rink, born )anuar\ 1 S, 1--7, died |annar\ 1 1, i860, 
the lather of |()hanna Low I'rink (wife of Parcefor Carr Dutcher), 
married in 1796, Ann Low, daughter of Capt. Peter Low. 

C'.api. Peter Low, born |anuar\ 4, 1750, died April 10, 1820, 
was the son of (iornelius Low, who in |--'8, had a grant of 2:50 
acres of' laml in Hraiulnille, Somerset Countv, N. j. He ser\ ed 
with honor in the war of the Revolution. He entered the arm\ as 
private in Capt. Ten lAck's Companx, promoteil h'irst Lieutenant 
(".apt. Stvles (:ompan\, |ul\ t, i--(), I'irst Lieutenant (^.ol. Thomp- 
soiLs Pattalion, "Detat heil Militia," |ul\ iS, 1776, also b'irst Lieu- 
tenant Continental \rm\, "New |ersey Line," and was afterwards 
promoted Captain. He was in manv important engagements and 
commanded a companv at the Pattle of Monmouth. He resiiled at 



58 Ol R COI.ONIAI, ANt'ESrORS AND THKIR DHSCENDAN TS. 

North Branch, Somerset Clounty, N. |., and in i 7 S S m<)\ ed to 
(;herr\ \alle\, Otsego C-ountv, Ncv\' ^'ork. He married, b^-bniarv 
26, '77<S, |ohanna Ten luck, born October 30, 1 7 5 i , died J ul\- 
17, »H^4, daughter of Mattvs (or Matthew I'en liyck),son ot Jacob, 
son of Matthew, son of Conradt I'en K\ ck. 

Johanna Low's hrst husband was Peter Sutphin, wlio died in 
1874, and bv whom she had two children, Peter, born December 
I g, 1770, and Pleanor, born June 9, 177^^. 

Conraedt Ten I'Ack, the ancestor, emigrated from Amsterdam, 
Holhmd, to America, in '650, and h)cated in New ^'ork C'.it\, 
where he ow ned what is now called C'.oenties Slip. He died in New 
^ Ork (".it\, and his remains are supposed to ha\ e been interred be- 
neath the old Dutch Reformed Church that stood on Nassau Street, 
the present site of the New ^'(^rk Mutual Lite Lisurance C^ompanw 
He married NLiria Hoele, who came with him from Holland, and bv 
whom he had eleven children, among whom was Mdtt/ivs. 

Matthvs 'Pen pAck, youngest child ot Conraedt and Maria (Hoele) 
Ten lAck, was born in New \'ork Cit\-, ALiv 18, i65<S. At an 
earlv age he removed to Old Hurlev, Ulster Countv, N. ^ ., where 
he engaged in tarming and, to some extent, in the transportation 
business on the Hudson river. He was a man ot influence and 
prominence; was assessor ot the town 17.24, supervisor 172^, and 
filled an important place in the communitv. He was one ot the 
founders ot the Retormed (duirch ot iturlev. He died in 1741, 
antl a humble stone in the burvino; iirouml at Hurlev villao-e marks 
his resting place. He married )annikin, daughter ot Aldert Roosa, 
another pioneer settler ot Hurlev, October 22^ 1679, and had 
Albert, Andries, Conraedt, )acob, Abraham, W'vntie, Mariete, 
(irietie, Ragilt. 













Low' FRI\Ki 







'^^S 






r:::::59^-. 












Ol R COLONIAL ANCKSTORS AND IIILIR DKSC'KNDANTS. 59 

Jacoh I cii I'.yck, son ot Martins, was horn in llurlcv, 1693. 
()n October jo, i~2^, he rcrci\ ccl In deed from his tarher, for the 
eoiisideration ot ti\e hundred pounds eurrent mone\, fn e hundred 
aeres ot hind on the northerK side ot' the North Uraneh ot tlie Rari- 
tan ri\er, \. ). Me took up his residenee on the traet and added 
eonsitlerahle to it. lie ereereil on it a one and a halt stor\ house 
ot the oKl Duteh st\ le. lie married leniiina \'an Nest, dautrhter ot 
[eronie \ an Ne^t, ot Sonurville, N. |,, and had issue, (aeob, Mat- 
thew (or Mattlns), (^oeiirail, Peter, (lattren, |aen, llannah. He 
dieil in I ~ T,, willinu; his propertx to his son )ac()h. 

Mattlns, or Matthew Ten l'.\tk, son ot |aeoh, was iiorn in New 
)erse\. Me married Nellie 1 unison and had a daughter, |ohannah, 
horn ()(ii)lier ^;u, \ - :, \ , dieil |ul\ 1 -, i'^3+, who was married to 
C-apt. I'eter Low, horn |anuar\ 4, 17:50, died April 10, 1820, whose 
dauLrhter, Ann Low, horn No\emher 2~, I'jS, was the wite ot 
Stephen I'rink, horn |anuar\ 1 N, 1777, married at (dierr\ \'alle\ m 
17(^6, whose daughter, Johanna Low I'Viiik, was married to Lareetor 
Carr 1 )ut( her,n,^.^ ,^.,„ln^.i- , , j S j 1. 

win, ()!• \i\i riirxs riA tACK, 01- URinciKw atkr, so\ii:rsi: r co., \. j. 
Date, September J(j, 17N3. ^ eoman [Liber N, l'\)lio 216]. 

Wite: Nellie. 

Sons : Aiulnes, I en 1{\ ek. 
Nellie (iriggs to have maintainaiiee as long as she remains a single 
\\ oman. 

Daughters: Sarah, wite ot (iarret Lunison; Kebeeea; Arintc, 
wite ot" |ohn Wootl; Nellie, wife ot (ierrebrant (^laoson, were ehild- 
ren ot (.ornelius Williamson, ileeeased. 

)()hanna, wite ot" Peter Low. (She was the widow ot Peter 
Sutphin.) 



60 OLR COI.OMAl, ANC'ESrORS AND THEIR I3ESCENDANTS. 

[can, wife of Peter Da\ is. 

Fhebe, wife ot Simon Probasca. 

(Jrand-daughter: Cornelia, daughter ot son Cornelius Ten Evck, 
late dee'd. 

It.xee.: Sons-in-law Peter Da\ is, Peter Low, Cieorge \'an Nest, 
son ot Abraham and Andries \'an Nidelswarts. 

Witnesses: )ohn Kintr and jaeob Jen P",\ek. 

Probate, Ma\ 19, 171S4. 

rhe ehildren ot Pareetor Carr Duteher and his w ite |ohannah 
Low (I'Vink) Duteher were: 

L Andrew DureHER, born August 29, 1822; married, Dec. 31, 
I 8-|.6, Harriet NLirtin jenks. She died ]ul\' 25, i<S6o. He married 
2nd, Oct. 2, 1862, Marion Colton Holton. 

H. Silas H. Dltchkr, born |idv 12, 1829; married, Lebruar\- 10, 
1859, Rebecca ). Alwaise. 

HL Agnes Ann Duteher, born April 2, 1836; married, Sept. 
22, 1857, Ldward Root. 

\y. Harriet I'di/abeth Duteher, born Nov. 2, 1847; died I'^eb. 
25, 1897. 

^ HndreW DUtCbCr, eldest son of Parcetor C. and Johanna Low 
(l^'rink) Duteher, was born on August 29, 1822, at luist Springtield, 
Otsego Countv, New ^"ork. He was educated in the public and 
pri\ate schools ot Otsego C^ountv, New York. Jn the intervals ot" 
attentiino; school, he worked on his tather's tarm, and atter tinishinu; 
his education he continued tor some \'ears to work on the tarm in 
summer, while teachino- school in winter. Thus he was eniraned 
until 1844., when he went to Ontario, LaCJrange (^ount\, Indiana, 



\ 



OL R COl.OMAI. ANLKSIORS AND IHKIR DKSCKNDAN IS. 6i 

and began tlic stu(i\ ot law. He was admitted to the bar at I'ort 
\\'a\ne, huliana, in August i-Sq.^, and at onee began tlie praetiee of 
tlie protes^ion. In i S^.- he was eleeted Prosecuting AttorneN tor 
LaCirange (l<)unt\ tor three \ ears and ser\ ed that term, but on ae- 
eount ot ill-health, deelinetl a re-eleetion. llis health ha\ing beeome 
iiiueh impaired b\ elimatie influenees, he deeiileil to lea\e Indiana, 
whieh he diii in i I^ ^ i , and removed to Irenton, New |erse\', where 
he remaineil until i S6S, when he removed to I'.li/abeth, New )erse\, 
and t'lnalK in 1.S76, he settled in New ^'()rk, in whieh eit\ he has 
praetieeil law since 1 Sf),S. 

While in Irenton, Mr. Dutcher was a member ot the Sehool 
lioard and ot the Citv (.ouneil, ('.it\ Attorney and Captain ot a 
Militar\ C.ompanN. lie was a member ot the State AssembK in 
iS-f)-" and in the hitter \ear was Speaker ot the House. 
I'rom iS-() to his resignation in iN^)^, he was Law Reporter tor the 
Suiireme (^ourt ol New |erse\ and published li\e \olumes ot reports. 
I'rom iS()j to I S(m^ he was ( lerk ot' the I'nited States Cireuit 
Court ot" New jersev. In l.b/abeth, he was ('.it\ AttorneN, and held 
ther municipal ollues, and in 1S-2 was a member ot the Legisla- 
ure trom I'nion (.ount\. Mr. Dutcher was a practitioner in all the 
".ourts ot New |erse\, in both ei\ il and eriminal eases. 

In I So I Ik- was assoeiated with the I'nited States Distriet Attor- 
ne\ in the trial ot |ackalow tor murder eommitted on Long Island 
Sound the chiet" issue- beinti whether the h'ederal (io\ernment or the 
(io\ernment ot" New ^ Ork and ( '.onneetieut had jurisdietion oxer 
those waters. He had eharge of the legal cpiestions arising in the 
ease and ar<nied earnestK' in huor ot" the jurisdietion ot the l-'ederal 
(;o\ernment. The ("ourt at t'lrst expressed an ad\erse opinion, but 
iinallv sustained Mr. Duieher's \iews, and the prisoner was eon\ieted. 



62 OLR COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS. 

In i<S76, Mr. Dutchcr was counsel tor the property owners in the 
great case concerning assessments tor street improvements in I'>li/,a- 
beth and argued the case in the New Jersey C-ourt ot Error and Ap- 
peals. That (^ourt invalidated the assessments according to Mr. 
Dutcher's contentions, and the bankruptcx ot the city follovyed. B\' 
this decision was o\'erruled a previous decision ot the Court in a case 
in which the same legal questions were involved. 

In New "S'ork, Mr. Dutcher has not practiced in criminal cases, 
but has devoted himselt to the practice ot civ il lavy and real estate, 
corporation and patent law in particular. In late years he has given 
up litigated cases and contined his attention to otlice business, the 
management and settlement ot estates and serv ices tor corporations. 
He is counsel tor several corporations and is trequentlv consulted as 
an authoritv on corporation law. He makes his home with his 
nephew, De Witt \\ Dutcher, at 444 jgth St., Brooklyn, N. \. 

Mr. Dutcher prepared his cases with extreme care; he sa\y 
quickly the strong points ot his case; he was a sagacious examiner ot 
witnesses and presented his evidence and the legal points with great 
torce and clearness. His tairness and correctness in quoting prece- 
dents commanded the contidence ot the higher courts and he was 
alwavs listened to with respect in cases on appeal. He was a popu- 
lar as well as torcible and convincing speaker, and his services were 
in demand in every important political campaign, but duty to his 
clients antl the large volume ot legal business prevented him trom 
giving much attention to politics. 

Andrew Dutcher, on December 31, i 1S46, married Harriet 
Martin |enks, born August 7, i8 2-|., died |ulv 25, i(S6o; he subse- 
quentK marrictl October 2, i<S62, Marion ('otton Holton, born 



OIR eol.OMAI, ANt'KSrORS AM) IlIKlk DKSCKNDAN IS. 63 

\()\cmbcr 12, 1X42, and died l-"chniar\ 29, i(S(S4. Bv his first 
marriage, he had issue: 

Harriet )ane, horn December 29, 1851. 

Alfred (iarr, horn October 12. i(S--, married October 1, 1 <S()6, 
Atieha Inc. lie has been tor the past t\\ent\ \ears in the ser\ ite ot 
the h'ederal (ioxernment antl is now connected with the Siir\e\()rs 
I^epartment ot the N. ^. (lustoms. 

Aiulrew Hehlen, born |anuar\ 6, I'S^iS, tlieii )ul\ 22, 1876. 

H\ his secoml marriaire, he luul issue: 

Marion llolton, born |ul\ 7, 1(867, niarried l\-bruar\ 11, 1890, 
I'.duard ^ eomans, and tlieil April 1, 1890. 

% Silas B. DUtCber, second child ..t" Parcetor C:arr and |ohannah 
Low ( l"nnk ) l)utiher was liorn |ul\ 1 j, i82(), on his father's farm 
on the shore of ()tst(ro Lake in the town of Snrino;tield, Otsego 
('.ount\, \. ^. Me attendeil the public schools near his father's 
farm, suminei" and winter, from the age of tour until the age ot se\ en 
\ears. After that he luul a little more schoolinu; in the winter season 
ami one term at ('.a/eno\ia Seminar\". lie beii[an teachimr school 
winters at the aire of sixteen ami tautrht e\ er\' winter until he was 
tweni\-tw(), working on his father's farm clunng the balance of each 
\ear. In the fall of i8-i, owing to a temporar\- loss ot his xoice 
which prevented him from teaching, he found einplo\inent at rail- 
road construction and soon became a station agent and subseipientK' 
a conductor, and for more than than three \ ears was emplo\ed on 
the railwa\ from I'.lmira to Niagara i'alls. New ^ ork. lie then went 
to New ^()rk (.it\ and entered mercantile business, to which he 
de\oteil his energies from 18^5 to 1868. During this time he 



64 



OIR COI.OMAI, ANCKSroRS AND THKIR DKSCKNDANTS. 



passed through the panics of i <^ 5 7 ^^nd i iS6o without scxerc mistor- 
tiinc. Ill i(S6S he was appointed Super\isor ot Internal Re\eniie, a 
position whicli he at hrst declined, but was urged to accept bv Wil- 
liam Orton and other friends. Against his own judgment, and, as 
e\'ents proxed, greatK to the detriment of his financial interests, he 
took the office. He was unable to give attention to business, his 
partner was not equal to its management, and he soon discoxered 
that all he had accumulated b\ twehe xears of hard work was scat- 
tered and gone, and he VA'as obliged to sell the real estate he owned 
to meet his liabilities. 

I'A en as a bo\ he had been more or less interested in politics. 
His grandfather was a Democrat and Silas was often called upon to 
read his Democratic newspaper to him; his father was a Whig and 
the result was that he had opportunit\' to learn something of the 
claims of both parties at an earlv age. Before he was twentx-one, 
he became interested in the question of freedom or the extension of 
slavery in the territories, the most \ital question of that day, and 
while yet little more than a boy, in i (S^cS, did some ef^ecti\ e cam- 
paign speaking for (icneral TaN'lor. 

When he vyent to Neyv \ Ork, Mr. Dutcher resoKed to haxe 
nothing to do with acti\ e politics, but the breaking up of a Repub- 
lican meeting in the Hleecker Building in the Ninth Ward brought 
him out most decisi\el\' and he was quite acti\e politically from i8^6 
to i(S6i. In i<S", he was President of the Ninth Ward Republi- 
can Association, in icS 58-^9 he was Chairman of the ^ Ouno; Men's 
Republican Committee, and in 1 S60 he was President of the Wide- 
awake Association. During the year last mentioned, he became a 
member of the l^oartl of Super\isors of the Countv of New ^()rk. 
His business demandetl his attention and there were other reasons 



0( R COl.OMAI, AN(.-KSI()RS AM) THKIR DKSCKNDAN IS. 65 

\\h\-, in rlu' tall of 1S61, he mox cd to BrookKii in onkr to scncr his 
rchirions with that body. Williaiii \1. Tweed was a nieiiiber of the 
l^oard at that time, and began to de\ elop some of the schemes w hieh 
e\entiiallv caused his downtall. Mr. Dntcher was not willing toxote 
ignorantly on an\ tjuestion nor to act upon the representations of 
other memliers, who, he believed, held their personal interests abo\ e 
the interest^ ot the t()nnt\. As a resident ot HrookKn, he again re- 
soKeil to keep out ot politics, l-)ut the riots ot" icS6:^ brought him in 
close relations with active Republicans, and he tound himself atiain 
in political harness. Nominated for (iongress from the Second Dis- 
trict of New ^ ork in 1N70, he was defeated, although he proved his 
popularitx In reducing the nominal Democratic majoritv in the dis- 
trict b\- about 4,000 and running about one thousand ahead of the 
Republican candidate lor (Governor. 

lie held the otiicc ot Su per\ isor ot Intciiial Revenue iS6(S-iS-2, 
a period of lour vears, at lirst under ajipoint ment In Hugh McCad- 
loch, the Secretarv of the Treasurv, and later under appointment bv 
President (irani. In November, i^^"-', he was appointed I nited 
State-^ I'eiiMon Agent, resigning that olhce in 1H7- to accept a posi- 
tion in theemplov of the Metropolitan Lite I iisurance ("-ompanv , w hich 
he held until a ji pom ted I nited States .\ppraiser of the Port of New 'S Ork 
In President (iiant m March, iS--, which hit ter [position he held until 
i<S(So. lie was the Superinteiuicnt of Public W Orks of the State of 
New ^ ork, iSSo-S^, appointed In (lovernor (a)rnell. At the close 
of his term m the last named otlice. President Arthur recpiested him 
to accept the othce of Conimissioner of Internal Revenue, to which 
he replied that he had held ollice tor fourteen vears and all he had to 
show tor that service was a tew old clothes; that if he accepted the 
position tendered him and held it one or more vears, he would retire 



66 OUR COLONIAL ANCPLSTORS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS. 

with about the same quantit\ of old ch)thes as he had in the begin- 
ing and so much older and less a\ailable for other business; and that 
the remainder of his life must be de\'oted to making sc^nc pro\'ision 
for his wife anti children, and consequentU he must decline further 
office-holding. 

He was a member of the Charter Commission which framed the 
Charter of (jreater Ne\\' York, appointed b\- Cjo\ ernor Morton; and 
was appointed a manager of the Long Island State Hospital bv Gov- 
ernor Black and re-appointed bv Governor Roose\ elt. He was a 
Whig from nS^o to 1H55, and became a Repid^lican at the organi- 
zation of that partw After locating in l^rookKn, lie was Chairman 
of the Kings C.ountv Republican Committee for four vears; a mem- 
ber of the Republican State Committee for manv vears, and was 
Chairman of the Republican Executi\e Committee of the State in 
1876. He ser\ ed as a delegate to se\'eral Republican National Con- 
\entions and was on the stump in everv presidential campaign from 
i.S + S to 1888. 

From the time he became a resident of l^rookKn until the con- 
solidation was consummated, Mr. Dutcher was an ad\-ocate of the 
Consolidation of BrookK 11 and New ^ ork. As a member for fcnir 
vears of the Hrookh n Board of Education, he exerted all his influence 
for the advancement of the public schools. As a member of the 
Charter Commission for Greater New York, he labored earnestlv to 
secure equal taxation and home rule for the pidilic schools, believing 
that the sxstem and management in Brooklvn were better than in 
Manhattan, and better than an\ other in the proposed Greater 
New York. No work of his life has o;i\ en him more satisfaction than 
the results in the charter on those two points. He has also taken 
an active interest m Sunda\- School aflairs, and was Superintendent 



\ 




/ 



OIR COLONIAL ANCKS TORS AM) IHKIR DKSCKNDAXrS. 67 

tor ten years ot the 'rweirtli Street Reformed C-hureh Simdav 
Sehool, at a time when it was one ot the hirgest sehools in the State. 

Mr. Diiteher resumed business to some extent in i<SS-, w lien he 
formed a eo-partner^-hip with W . 1.. lulmister in a tire and marine 
insuranee agenev whieh still exists. He was one of the Charter 
Trustees of the I'nion Dime Saxiims institution of Xew ^()rk Cit\, 
organized I'^^f), and heeame President of that Institution in i<S(S^, 
ami is now the onl\ one of the Charter i'rustees remainintr in the 
i^oanl. lie has been for twent\-li\e \ears a Direetor in the .\ietro- 
poiitan Life ln>-uraiue Compain, is a member of the Cdiamber of 
Commeree, a i)ireetor in the (larfield Safe Deposit Compaiu" ami 
tile (I'oodwm (^ar (iompaiu. 

lie Is a member of the Dutch i-leformeti (diureh, i reasurer of 
the iirookUii i^ible Societv, one of the maiumers of the Soeietx for 
Improving the (.oiuiition of the l*oor, a member of the i^rookKn 
and iiamilton Clubs, and of the Masonic i'"raternit\ , and he was 
{'resident of the Assoeiation of brookKii Masonie \ eterans in 1 (S96. 

in the spring of iS()i, he was inxiteil to and aeeepted the {'res- 
ident \ of the Iiamilton i rust (',ompan\, whieh position he now^ 
lioitis. iiis resilience is No. -|.()b i bird Street, i^rookKn. 

Mr. Dutther has never lieen an applieant for an\ olhce that he 
lias filled either uniier the (io\ernment or in jiri\ate eorporations. 

Ihe following etlitorial apjieareii in the i^rookKn DaiK i'.agle of 
|ul\ 12, I Hc)C), and testifies to the position Mr. i )utelier has aehie\ etl 
ami lioKls in the esteem and afleetions of the people of i^rookKn: 



sK\•l•.^■r^■ ^"l•.ARS \nvsc,. 
'''{"hose \vho ha\e attaineil the age of sexeiitv vears, as a rule, at- 
test the fait of a sound eonstitution and a well-spent life. Ihe one 



68 ()L R COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 

is a hne inheritance. The other is a hne record. Inheritance and 
record both are the possession of the well-know n Hrooklvnitc, Presi- 
dent Silas 1^. Dutcher of the Hamilton IVust Company. He was 
born seventy years ago to-day. 

''He at once becomes a hope and a vindication. A hope he is 
to those who would equal his claim to respect and regard, who 
would match him in mental and bodilv yigor, when they reach his 
present years. A \indication he is to those who seek tor examples 
to prove that three score years and ten mav be really the best period 
of a man's life. Mr. Dutcher very likely never thought ot himself, 
either as a hope or as a vindication. He has been too busy to do so. 
That tact is one of the reasons why he is both. Life takes care ot 
the tame of those who are more concerned with duty than distinc- 
tion, for distinction is a consequence best following from tidelity, energy 
and wisdom. it is the aroma of a career, when the career is what 
it ought to be. 

"The Eagle has obtained from Mr. Dutcher a pleasant and inter- 
esting statement of his experiences and ot his opinions. What he 
says is verv instructi\e. He was an effecti\'e school teacher, when 
school teaching was but a help toward something else. He was an 
employe of a railroad in a business capacity and that intr(Hluced him to 
more extended and fruitful employments. He well served others, 
until he acquired opportunity to become master ot undertakings on 
his own account. And then important institutions in succession en- 
trusted to his hands and brain the executive control ot their own 
aftairs. Increasing work seasoned his capacities. His character and 
ability together created and augmented in others confidence m him. 
But at no time, whether in public or business employments, has he 



OLR COLONIAL ANCLSTORS AM) IHLIR DLSCKNDAN TS. 6q 

let go of the shcL't-aiuhor of a pri\ ate business of his own. Influence 
uiul iiulepeiulenee ha\e thus gone hand-in-haiui in his ease. 

'' The man's political career has been one to note w ith respect. 
He has alwavs acted with the organization ot the part\ ot his preterence, 
but he has escaped the reproaches of that organization and e\ er\' of- 
lice which has come to him has added power to his part\ and assured 
honor to himself. Heside, he has ne\ er become dependent on political 
office. It has hatl grave need of him. He has not had \ital need 
ot it. Not that its emoluments ha\e not been agreeable and helpful. 
I hc\ \\ ere, ami the\ were as appreciated as deserved. But e\ er\ public 
emploNiiient he has held has been a business emplo\ment. He 
lilleil e\ er\ one in a wa\ to pro\ e his fitness tor pri\ ate emplo\ inent. 
rhe iiortals ot business opened to him often because of his elhciencv 
in public service. His life exhibits a union or an alternation of 
public and private service which is creditable to citizenship. 

" \l()ieo\ er, he ow ed no start to favor or to relationship. 1 le hew ctl 
his own path, maile or toiind his own opportunities, and improveel 
them as thev came. l^ut he ditl not neglect the better thiims than 
success, such as education, culture, and the other strengthening and 
graceful aids that sta\ b\ one forever, that render association refin- 
ing, experience enlarging, intimacv uplifting, consultation helpful, 
reading a delight and leisure rhe recreation time of mind and heart. 
He is an accurate scholar, an effective speaker, a practical political 
economist, a wise counsellor, one who has reached the threshhold of 
age without a touch of grossness or a trace of vice or a hint of 
dec repitude. 

" The I'.agle congratulates him on his friendships and his \ ears, 
and trust'^ that life max vet have main happv davs and inciting 
duties 111 reserv e for him. 



70 OL'R COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 

Mr. Diitchcr, on Fcbruarv i o, i<S59, inarried Rebecca )act)bs 
Alwaise, born )anuar\ 6, 1837, a daughter of |ohn Alvvaise of New 
York Citv, who was a grands(Hi of John Alwaise, a French Huguenot 
who came to l^hikuielphia in 1 740. Her grandmother was a de- 
scendant of )ohn Bishop, who came from l^nghmd in 1645 ^^'''*-^ ^*-''^~ 
tied at Woodbridge, New jersey. 

Mr. and Mrs. Silas Belden Dutcher ha\ e had eight children, as 
follows: 

De Witt Parcefor, luiith Mav, Malcolm Belden, lUsic Rebecca, 
Mvra Harriet, |essie Ruth, Edna Grace and l^va Olive. 

De Witt Parcefor, eldest son of Silas B. and Rebecca }. Dutcher, 
born at :; 1 Horatio St., New York Citv, March 1 <S, i ,S6o, married 
September 12, i(S82, Grace Kmilv luirman, born September (S, i860. 
He is a member of the l^rooklvn Citv Guard, known as Company 
G, Twentv-third Regiment, National Guard, Xew ^'ork. He has 
been connected with that regiment for twentv-three years, during 
which period he has participated in all the ser\ ice of the regiment, 
including duty in strikes at l^ufl'ah^ Brooklvn and Albany, and in 
manv interesting celebrations, among which mav be named, (^-enten- 
nial P-vacuation Da\ Parade in 1883, the Bridge Opening in 1884., 
and the (Vuadri Centennial in 1893. He was also with his regiment 
at the funeral ceremonies of President U. S. (irant in New York in 
1885. 

He has been for twentv years in the General Appraiser's Depart- 
ment of the Federal (io\ernment. 

Mr. and Mrs. De Witt P. Dutcher ha\e children as follows: 

Robert Rov Dutcher, born at Pearsalls, N. Y., May 26, 
18S4. He is a member of the l^rookKn ('it\ Guard, known as 



Ol R COLONIAL ANCLMORS AND TULIK UKSCKNDAN LS. 71 

Companv C;, rwciUx -third Regiment National Guard, New 
'S ork. At the age ot htteen, he paraded with tlie Twentx -third 
Regiment in the Admiral I)eue\ parade, marehing direetlv in 
the rear ot his father. 

Myra (iraee, l)orn in IkookKn, I'eliruarv 22, 1 S92. 

'I'hev reside in their own house, No. 444 -9th St., Rrooklvn. 

I'.dith \Ia\, second ehikl of Silas H. and Reiietea |. Dutcher, 
horn in HrookKn, \la\ 16, 1 S6_|.. 

She hail a inusieal eilmation ami was tor ten \ears the contralto 
soloist in two ot the leailing churches ot" HrookKii. 

Maliolm Ikliien, third child ot" Silas W. and Rebecca |. Hutcher, 
horn in llrookKii, l'ehruar\ 22, iS"^, married October 1, 1901, 
lulith Swarihoul, born l)i.iend)er 1 ^, 1S74. 

lie was u;raduatetl troin the C^iNil iMKrineerintr course at the I'oK- 
tethim In^titule al the age ot nineteen, and immediateU engaged 
in the busniess ot I'lre and Marine ln>^lIralKe Hrokerage. 

lie enlisted in Compaiu ("., TwentN-third Regiment, National 
(iuard. New ^ ork, the same \ear, and was elected Lieutenant with 
the lirst change ot ('.aptain alter his eidistment. lie has participated 
in all the ser\ ice ot the regiment, incbuling dut\' during the strikes 
m nrookUii ami Albaiu. 

lU has been attue m Sunda\ School work ami is Superintentl- 
cnt ol the Sunda\ School ot the Memorial I'resln terian Church. 

I'dsie Rebecca, touith thild ot Silas H. ami Rebecca ). Dutcher, 
born in HrookKii, \la\ ^o, ''"^"-f, married No\ ember 10, 1896, 
,-5k'Har\e\ |. (idmour, born No\ember 2C), 1(867. ''^'^*-' '^^^^ been a 
teacher in a Mission Suiula\ School tor the past ten \ears. 



n 



72 01 R COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. 

• 1 1 Aaa;t) 1 • 1 1 

Mr. and Mrs. (jilmoiir ha\c one- child'yiAV. 

Neil, horn October 27, \Hcjj.OSlou^ {rvyv^ (^c. . x^ , l<j ^ 
Mvra Harrier, hfth child ot Silas H. and Rebecca |. Dutcher, 
horn in Brooklyn, [anuarv 16, 1877, died September 20, i8g2. 

fessie Ruth, sixth child ot Silas Helden and Rebecca | Dutcher, 
born in l^rookKn, juneg, 1S78. She v\as graduated from the l^rook- 
Ivn High School and de\'otes much time to Sunday Sehool work. 

Edna Cirace, tvcin daughter ot Silas B. and Rebecca |. Dutcher, 
born in Brooklvn, February 1::, 1880, died in Albany, March 10, 
1882. 

1^\ a Oliye, twin daughter ot Silas B. and Rebecca ). Dutcher, 
born m l^rookhn, l^'ebruary 15, 1880. She has been \er\' studious, 
is especially tond ot the dead languages, and vyas graduated trom 
Barnard College in 1902. 

Agnes Ann, third child ot Parcetor Carr and fohannah Low 
(1^'rink) Dutcher, born April 2, 18:^6, at Springiield, Otsego C^ounty, 
N. v., married at Senaca, Ontario County, N. Y., on September 22, 
1857, luiward Root, born at Cazeno\ ia, N. \ ., March 24, 1829, 
died at Chittenango, N. Y., I'ebruary 5, 187^. 

Mrs. Root has been an in\'alid most ot the time tor the past ten 
years and much ot that time unable to help herselt in the slightest 
degree. 

For li\ e and a halt \ears — trom 1897 to 1902 — she was most 
ot the time utterly helpless, unable to make an\' use ot her hands 
whate\'er, and vyas ted by others like a child. She was quite as help- 
less in her lower limbs. She had no hope ot rcco\ er\ and calmh" 
avyaited death to put an end to her sutlcrings and relieve her triends 
ot the burden and care. In the early part ot 1902 she began slowly 



J 



OIR e'OI.OMAI. ANX'ESrORS AM) THKIR DKSCENDAN IS. 73 

improving aiui gradualK rcco\crcil the use of her hands ant] arms, 
so a> to he able to teed herselt and resume her oKl emph)\ments of 
knitting and sew ing, and at the same time she partialh' reeo\ ered the 
use ot her h)\\er limbs. Her hopes were reneweti and she began to 
feel that she had a new lease of life. She was overwhelmed with a 
sen^e ot gratitude tor this speeial mark of Divine favor. During her 
long perioil ot ^utlering she was at all times an example ot Christian 
patienee ami resignation. She eould truthtullv sav, '' l-'or to live is 
Cdirist , to die is gain." 

W'iiile her sufferings have been most severe, she is alwavs cheerful, 
meeting her tamilv and friends with a pleasant smile and ever vield- 
ing in humble submission to the Divine W ill. 

Mr. ami Mrs. Root had thihlien as foHows: 

Hannah luriie!- Root, |ohn Duteher Root, Alfred lulward Root. 

Hannah lurner Root, ehiest ehilil of I'.dward and Agnes A. 
( 1 )uic liei ) Root, born Mav (), 1 S :; (j, at C.a/enov la, diet! at ( diittenango, 
Decend>er ^o, iSS(). She marrieil Ihomas Coon Hassett at Chitte- 
nango, N. N ., |ulv 14, 1 SSo. rhe\' had one chiltf, Ihomas I'.dward 
Hassett, born at ( hiflenamro, Mav 1 S, iSSi. 

|ohn Duteher Root, seeoiui child ot I'.ilward and Agnes A. Root, 
born at ( '.a/enov ia, N. ^ , \|-»ril 19, i(S62, married Lillie Ann Law- 
rence, November 4, iiS<S5, at Oneida, New ^ ork. 1 hex have one 
ehihl, I'.arl Comstock Root, born December, 1886. 

Altred I'.dward Root, voungest son of luiwarti and Agnes A. 
Root, liorn in Rrooklvn, N. ^ ., October 26, 186^. He married 
Beatrice Kellogg W'alrath, October 26, 1886, at C-hitteiiango, N. ^ ., 
who liieil at Cdiittenango, N. "S., September 26, 1896. Ihev had 
one child, Beatrice KelloiiiJ W'alrath Root, born at Chittenano;o, Sep- 
tembcr 2:;, 1 8()(), who died March _:50, 1900. 



74 OUR COLONIAI, AN'CESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDAXrS. 

Alfred Edward Root married Clara Al\ ira Morgan, his second 
wife, on August 9, iSgg, at C-obleskill, N. Y. 

Alfred l^dward Root carries on a department store at Chitten- 
ango, N. ^ .; his brother, [ohn Dutcher Root is associated with him. 

Harriet lUizabeth, youngest child of Parcefor Carr and [ohannah 
Low (iM-ink) Dutcher, was born in Seneca, Ontario Countv, N. Y., 
on No\ember 2, 1 t^ + j. 

The last fifteen years of her life were dexoted to Hospital and 
Mission Serxice. She was graduated from the Belle\ue Hospital 
Training School and was Matron of the Emergency Department of' 
that Institution for two years. She vyas then called to the Sloan 
MaternitN Hospital, which she opened, and of which she was Super- 
intendent and Matron for fi\'e years, when her health failed. She 
then ga\e her attention wholly to mission work among the poor un- 
til she reco\'ered her health. 

In August, I1S95, she became Matron and Superintendent of the 
Flushing Hospital, where she remained until her death on l^\'bruar\ 

25, 1897. 

The resolutions of the Board of Trustees and of the Medical Staff 
of the Flushing Hospital express the yiews of those who were most fa- 
miliar with her work: 

"Flushixc;, New York, March 8, 1897. 

"At a meeting of the Trustees of the Hospital and Dispensarx' of 
the Town of Flushing held at this date, the follow ina was unani- 
mously adopted: 

"Whereas, Miss Harriet ]i. Dutcher, vyho died February 25, 
1897, w^s for nearly three years Matron of the Hospital and Dispen- 
sary of the Town of Flushing, and 



OIK COLONIAL ANCKSTORS AND LHKIR DESCENDAN I S. 75 

" Whkrk \>, During; that rime she rendered services of rhe great- 
est \alne, and greatl\ increased rhe effectiveness of the work of rhe 
Hospital, and h\ her devoted care of patients, her zeah)iis co-opera- 
tion with the Metlical Staff, and her high character, general efficienc\, 
amiahilitv and unfailing cheerf\ilncss, secured rhe respecr, good will 
and affection ot all persons with whom her work brought her into 
relations. Now therefore he it Resolved, 

"That in her (.leath, this Hoartl and the Institution it represents 
have sufiered an irreparahlc loss. That the members of" her f'amiK 
have our siiuere s\nipathv in their atHiction, and that a copvot these 
resolutions be s^ni them bv the Secretary, anil entered upon the 
minutes of the lioard. W. A. Almn, Secretarv."" 

" At a meeting of the Meiiical Staff of the I'Mushing Hospital, 
held March 1 :; , \X()-, the followuig Preamble ami Resolutions were 
unanimouslv adopted : 

" W M i-Ri: \s. It has pleaseil Divine Trovidcnce to remove from us 
bv death our trusted lo-worker, associate aiul friend. Miss Harriet 1'",. 
Diitihcr, ami we desiring to put upon recorti our tieep sense of th,io' 
loss, in eaih of these relations, it is therefore 

" Ri'.soi.v r [■), That we each and all have in our close and pleas- 
ant association with Miss Dutcher learned how important an in- 
dueiue tor gooil mav emanate from a character so well poisetl, ener- 
getic ami amiable as hers, ami how practicallv essential these qual- 
ities are in promoting the purposes ami maintaining the usefulness of 
such an institution as ours; and we feel that to attest to these cjualities 
and to proclaim this result, is the debt and the dutv we owe to her 
mcinorv : 

" Ri-soiA i-n, I'he Staff (.lesires to express to the members of her 
familv ami her friends their tieep sxmpathv in the loss and bereave- 



/ 



76 OUR COLONIAL ANCESTORS AND THKIR DESCENDANTS. 

mcnt that has come upon them, and to join with all in the confident 
assurance that a lite so gooei, so usetui, so rounded out in beaiitv of 
character, is at once an influence and a gift to all who knew her, 
endurino; and fruitful. 

"Resolved, that these resolutions be entered upon the minutes 
of this Hoard, that a cop\' of the same be transmitted to the family 
of the deceased, and that thev be published in the Flushing |()urnal. 
Dr. 1^-. A. Goodrich, |. I.. Hicks 

President Medical Board. Secretary 

Dr. E. a. Allkx, Dr. I^i.oodc^.ood, 

Dr. Bi,kkck.kr, Dr. Lawrkxce." 

Her profession ga\ e her a large acquaintance and all who kne 
her held her in the highest esteem. 



w 



■^v 






o- 



. >i 






::\ '- ^. <^ 



iUi 






.^■^ '<> 



* ■. s .. - X'C^^ , 



^^ ..^ 









'^-i:--<-^ .^ 









.o- 



' ■ -^ .A D ', 






-... .A^^ 






.^^^,. 



•/v. .aX^ 



%' ^. 






xx^- '-^^ 



V 
























-:.,^ 






— ? - ,0 ^, ' ;.-' — 















> V 



^■•^. 



-^TH,: 



vV •/•, 






av . 



■f,, 



av 






»?* 






^OC, 















v\^' 



V 









- ,A 



= -> c:~- ■ --i^ i2 "- '■■'■, .■$■ -' • = ^ c^ -• H M - ■•-'> aX^ 



^* A.' -' '', - s ,A O '„.K* .0 -'',.- /X ^ '..,.* O ^ '', ,^ A O, 



■/■, 



i -: 






\ 



2-, 



0^ 

■/■, 






-i-j- -^ 






A': ^- >^ '& 



'K -. \ 






A ,0- 



,%;--/ 



■. ' A> 



.A' * .»*S-,'^ 



%X' ■/■ 






,A~'' ~- .■.'*^;--,''->« 



'^.'c- 



s i> yX'' 



:bi^^, : '-'-^^ 



' ,.<*i-,'-;fc 



A^ 






^^ '^r"^' 



/; ^■%^\}::^0JJ'%''^Y\J-{^ ^■'■-. 



- aX 



-X A v:, ' 



"' '-'^ aX 



A ^ ,^-- 



, W; aX * 






•ij' 












.,:;%'' '^. c^^ - ^" 



■ •'' c~ 



V 



Oi. 






••^. ax^^ 



.*^.o^ 



. 






-- A>\--,-^/-- ,XX 
,A-^' .^\^X^'*^/. -^^ , 









■^'^r?':s^ 






■^ ''/ 



a''- 



aX^\.^> 



,i. ■ '..,■'' s- N , '^-A.,.A,- ,V -'. ' .v, . .P ^v . v., ,,_-■. - \X- <- 

>. ' .. ,-^ A^ o .'♦ " >' xX> --^> '.",-"■ AV "^i •■* >- s-X- '-^ 



^w:^' v" 



Tt V' A^ 



.^^•\ 



A r- ' ' ':-" « 

A^ ■ O * , ^ \) 









^..^' ^ 




c/^n^^ 




^ 



■--■ V 



WL 



iS^-- 



-,/• ^\ 



.^^^^ 



,\ 



-N ^-- f- 






^^' 






.->''. 







r . 



^ 



':%' ^. v:^ 



:tUi 



/v' - ■'^'~:'^'^. 






:-^^ 






-A 



.^••^. 



--:^ 


x^^ 


>' 


^^ 



-0- ,^ 



.0- . ' 



.0 



:^:'. -^ ^ 



CO 






'/%.. 






.A 












- 0' 






-n" 



\V ■!■. 









.s>^ -^V-. 









-V 



'"' '^•.r^^'' /" 



'0-*'\^ 



x^'^ 





V- A'' 






0^ ', 


Si- 

■: r 



-#■ 






^^•^ ^ -. 



.v ,.<r:j-5» 



vOC, 



.A- - .ff^:^ 






\^^ 


















-•> 


.-^^ 


.,* 


'■% ■'■ 


^^ 


0^ 


\' 


"--■ 


^ '■ 


: -f 


'-K 




- 




<^ 


'/^. 








-■ -^^'' 


-C:^ 


>; *■■ 


i - 



=- ■• ,_:%^ ^- c^' 



:^>U 



y. ,^^ 



.^•^ ■''^.. 



■ ^.j 



xOO 



A- , .^-— «ri,'. '> , /.,■.■ 

- - ■ - L J . : '^^ \^ • ^ t=^ 






.C> "ci- 






■^.. ,^^^ 



n\^- ' 



■ XT-**- 



^^' -r. 



^'■Z-^' .^ 



\\^- 



• a\ 



■^ '■.L. 









..■^ Ci, 



■ ) 






->. / 



c^O , ,-' 1''. . '- ■ - r ; 



', '^ 



^ ',?',. ^^0^ 



.v^ .^yO", ■^:< 



\^ . ^ - 



ax^' '■'■ 






\> ^v 









■/^r>v^' 



<^%.\ 



' .^\ 



> V? - / , 










, \~^ - •/^'-T'?^* ' 



o 0' 



\ , ' ' 



su 









.-^^l' 



c> '^. ' 






-.. .,v^^ 



"L_ 



■•-x^ :/.^:--/=. 






^ 



■ i ! • 



,_>' ^. / 



aV-;, 



■^.^■*''' " 






•;\::;;:.// ^^ 



;_:\' -^ -^ 



O v_V 



^.v- 









^ .A* .^^-::>^' ^i. , 



\' * .»*^ ,'^•. 



M^: ■^••^^' 



"■:*'* 



■^■^ - 



*^ .. ^ 



,■0- .^ 



^N 






^ •%. v.:";:/- , ^'"^ V'C: 



/;, 



-J." .00. 






.0- 



''.'c- 









■J- 



^ . , ,- .-0 



aV-^V. 









" A.V^' s' 




*^' 




■-^t/' 


"f/. 


^ -:^> 




^ 


: ■' >^ 


•i', - 


x^^ 


;' \ 




' 


-.,, 


. • •*■ V- > 










'" ♦ « 






; , ^/- ■ 




^ 






-•f'L 




■^^''' 


* 


xv^^' 








\ 






■•x t> 




'- - . S^^ 




■ \ 







''10 


, A .0 




A 




ft , ■/■ 




^ ^ .. ■ 




'\^^ 


,4" ' 


7 .J, 


c^- ^S. 


rS . ., 




:T"" 


1;; V-. ■ '' 


-^ 


o'^ '^ 






%" 


^~ 


s^"^ 







■'..^ 



X'' s „ -'- « 1 > 



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
llllliillillllllllllil 

018 458 892 4 



